Examining the Relationship between Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) and Objective Performance within Higher Education: An Exploratory Empirical Study

• Published in: Journal of leadership education Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 109 - 128
• Main Authors: Peterson, Tim O, Aikens, Shontarius D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hays Association of Leadership Educators 15.04.2017; Emerald Group Publishing Limited
• Subjects: College Freshmen; Correlation; Factor Analysis; Grade Point Average; Grades (Scholastic); Higher education; Hypotheses; Hypothesis Testing; Job performance; Leader-member exchange; Leadership; Peer Relationship; Power Structure; Regression (Statistics); Social exchange theory; Statistical Significance; Student Leadership; Student Surveys; Student teacher relationship; Work environment

While the common suggestion in leader-member exchange (LMX) research is that there is a strong relationship between LMX and performance, a closer look at these studies reveal that the performance measures in the majority of studies are primarily subjective in nature such as performance reviews. Rela...