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Lmx, Leadership Style, And Retention In Southeastern Pennsylvania Social Services Organizations, David William Schlosser
Lmx, Leadership Style, And Retention In Southeastern Pennsylvania Social Services Organizations, David William Schlosser
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Organizations deal with employee retention (e.g., retaining employees, stemming attrition, mitigating intent to leave an organization) in a number of ways. Examining the relationship one has with his/her manager, and the leadership style of one’s manager, are valuable factors in retaining employees. LMX (leader-member exchange) is the quality of relationship between leaders/managers and members/employees and is based on trust and reciprocity between parties. Passive leaders avoid management issues and only act when they have no other choices. Transactional leaders are exchange-based individuals that provide rewards (e.g., compensation) in exchange for work completed by employees. Transformational leaders go beyond this and …