The primary purpose of this research is to examine a model of leadership that includes leader political skill, leader-member-exchange (LMX), follower motivation, followers' trust in their leaders, follower organizational commitment, follower performance, follower organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB), and leader reputation. This model attempts to answer the call proffered by leadership scholars to broaden the scope of leadership research to include the leader, follower, and the relationship between the two. It was found that leader political skill was positively related to LMX quality. Further LMX quality was found to be significantly related to organizational commitment, follower trust in leader, and motivation. However, only follower trust in leader was related to follower performance. Whereas follower trust in leader and motivation were significantly related to OCBs. Last, no support was found for the hypothesis that follower performance would be related to leader reputation. Strengths, limitations, directions for future research, and implications for practice are discussed. / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Management in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Summer Semester, 2007. / June 5, 2007. / Political Skill, Leader-Member Exchange, Organizational Citizenship Behaviors, Leadership, Performance / Includes bibliographical references. / Gerald R. Ferris, Professor Directing Dissertation; David Paradice, Outside Committee Member; Pamela Perrewé, Committee Member; Ceasar Douglas, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_181182 |
| Contributors | Brouer, Robyn L. (Robyn Lea) (authoraut), Ferris, Gerald R. (professor directing dissertation), Paradice, David (outside committee member), Perrewé, Pamela (committee member), Douglas, Ceasar (committee member), Department of Management (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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