Leader consideration reconsidered: the l factor in leader behavior

Lee, Angela

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Title

Leader consideration reconsidered: the l factor in leader behavior

Author(s)

Lee, Angela

Issue Date

2017-05-10

Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)

Newman, Daniel A.

Doctoral Committee Chair(s)

Newman, Daniel A.

Committee Member(s)

• Hulin, Charles L.
• Rounds, James
• Fraley, R. Chris
• Piccolo, Ronald F

Department of Study

Psychology

Discipline

Psychology

Degree Granting Institution

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Degree Name

Ph.D.

Degree Level

Dissertation

Keyword(s)

Leadership

Abstract

In the current dissertation, I propose that leadership research has progressed by repeatedly reinventing the concept of leader consideration. First, I provide a historical review of the origins of leader consideration. Then, I conduct empirical demonstrations (using both meta-analytic and primary data) to assess the redundancy of various leadership constructs [leader-member exchange (LMX), contingent reward, and transformational leadership] with leader consideration. Results support the existence of a higher-order L factor (general Leadership Factor) that characterizes the overlaps among individual-level follower perceptions of leader consideration, LMX, contingent reward, and transformational leadership. The L factor: (a) is very strongly associated with its subordinate constructs (first-order leadership factors), (b) is shown to carry most of the explanatory power of these lower-order leadership constructs in terms of associations with external variables, and (c) is redundant with the classic construct of leader consideration.

Graduation Semester

2017-08

Type of Resource

text

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