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The moderating effect of leader prototypicality on the relationship between LMX and follower attitudes

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dc.contributor.advisor James, Lawrence R.
dc.contributor.author Cookson, Robert Lee en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMember Feldman, Jack
dc.contributor.committeeMember Mulaik, Stanley
dc.contributor.department Psychology en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2012-02-17T19:12:17Z
dc.date.available 2012-02-17T19:12:17Z
dc.date.issued 2011-08-19 en_US
dc.description.abstract Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) has provided the Industrial/Organizational Psychologists and Organizational Behaviorists with a theoretical framework for understanding how leaders lead followers. This theory is based on the interpersonal relationship between leader and follower. The theory proposes that the relationship between leaders and followers develops from a dyadic exchange process. However, research has recognized the need to consider the influence of social context on the relationship between LMX and outcomes. The Social Identity Model of Leadership (SIMOL) has proposed a view of leadership from the perspective of the relationship between the leader and a group of followers. This theory is based primarily on group memberships and how the leader fits the group prototype, affecting the leader's ability to lead and how the leader leads. This paper discusses both theories and shows how dyadic and group relationships work in concert to explain how leaders lead followers. The paper hypothesizes that SIMOL, through leader prototypicality, moderates the relationship between LMX and follower attitudes. Together, they provide a more complete framework for understanding leadership based on the simultaneously occurring relationships encountered by a leader. en_US
dc.description.degree MS en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/42709
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology en_US
dc.subject SIMOL en_US
dc.subject Nuclear en_US
dc.subject Leadership en_US
dc.subject Prototypicality en_US
dc.subject Attitude en_US
dc.subject LMX en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Leadership
dc.subject.lcsh Followership
dc.title The moderating effect of leader prototypicality on the relationship between LMX and follower attitudes en_US
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local.contributor.corporatename College of Sciences
local.contributor.corporatename School of Psychology
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