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Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) theory

Measures the quality of each dyadic relationship between a leader and a follower, distinguishing in group from out group members, without assigning structure, workflow, or decision rights.

OriginGeorge Graen and colleagues (Dansereau, Graen, and Haga); Mary Uhl-Bien joined the program later, 1975

Directory categoryLeadership and Management Style Frameworks

Cells it loadsNone. Precondition on shapes.

Sources, and how strong they are

Primary source

George Graen and colleagues (Dansereau, Graen, and Haga); Mary Uhl-Bien joined the program later, 1975

The origin of the framework, as the directory records it. The mark grades the origin, not this page.

Advisory

Umbrex, Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) theory

The directory entry this score was read from. Umbrex is a consultancy network; its summary is the reference, not a primary source.

It loads no cell. It describes a condition that a shape depends on rather than a design choice for a cell, so it appears on this site as a precondition, the field on every shape page, and not as a score.

Leadership and management style framework, a relationship quality diagnostic, a precondition rather than a cell design.

This is not a summary of the framework. Umbrex has one; the link under Sources goes there.

Where it lands on the canvas

Nowhere on the sheet. Preconditions are held on the shape pages, where a room checks them before choosing a shape.

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What it loads Sources On the canvas Every framework