Abstract
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.
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