Leadership in Organizations, Eight Edition

Chapter 9 Dyadic Relations and Followers

Learning Objectives

After studying this chapter, you should be able to:

• Understand why different dyadic relationships develop between a leader and subordinates.

• Understand how leaders are influenced by attributions about subordinates.

• Understand appropriate ways to manage a subordinate with performance deficiencies.

• Understand how leaders and followers attempt to manage impressions.

• Understand how attributions and implicit theories influence follower perception of a leader.

• Understand how followers can have a more effective relationship with their leader.

Most of the early research on leadership behavior did not consider how much leaders vary their behavior with different subordinates. ...