8.2. THEORIES OF LEADERSHIP AND LEADERSHIP STYLES
No leader can afford to ignore M and P behaviors. Ideally, leaders should do a lot of both. Supervisory behavior style impacts employee performance (Arvey and Neel, 1974). However, there are other leadership theories that suggest that in some situations the leader should emphasize one or another even more than is usual.
Another way of looking at leadership is to say that the leader is supposed to supply what is necessary for the followers to reach their goals. This is called the path–goal theory of leadership. Basically, this theory argues that the way a leader acts should be determined by what the followers need. For example, if the followers do not know how to do the job, then it is necessary ...
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