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| Assumptions of Path-Goal Theory | - effective leaders clarify the path to help followers achieve work goals - Goal: enhance employee performance and satisfaction by focusing on employee motivation -> leader behavior can be motivational and increase effort |
| Expectancy Theory | - suggests that people are motivated by how much they want something and the likelihood they perceive of getting it - Subordinates will be motivated when they think they are capable of their work, they believe their efforts will result in a certain outcome, there are good payoffs |
| Path Goal Theory | Two ways leaders can increase followers motivation: 1. Increase number+kind of payoffs that subordinates receive from their work 2. Making Path to goal clear and easy to travel, which makes the work itself more satisfying |
| Leader Behavior (1 of 3 main components of path goal theory) | - Directive Leadership - Supportive Leadership - Participative Leadership - Achievement-oriented Leadership Leaders might exhibit any or all of these 4 styles in different situations, using more than one style at the same time is seen appropriate |
| Subordinate Characteristics (2 of 3 main components of path goal theory) | - Need for affiliation -- Preference for structure Locus of control - self perceived level of task ability |
| Task characteristics (3 of 3 main components of path goal theory) | - Subordinate task - Formal Authority system of the work setting - Primary Work group (MEHR INFOS FEHLEN) |
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| Evaluation of Path Goal Theory | Stengths: - framework to understand how leaders can increase subordinates satisfaction+performance - integrates motivation theory into leadership theory - gives practical informations when and how leaders can help subordinates to remove obstacles or clarify the paths to their goals Weaknesses: - difficult to grasp - moderatley supported in empirical research - fails to adequatley explain relationship between leadership behavior and worker motivation - treats leadership as one-way event |
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