The Leadership Development

Based on the Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) Theory of Leadership, whenever there is a team project, there is an in-group and an out-group. These two groups refer to the relationship between the leader and the employees. Employees in the in-group always have more responsibilities and often learn about events/updates earlier than the out-group.

Thinking about this, please do the following:

As an employee, explain two benefits and      two disadvantages of being part of the in-group and the out-group.

As an employee, how might you work your      way into the in-group?

As a leader, mention two characteristics      of employees in the in-group and two characteristics of employees in the      out-group.

1. Explain why leaders divide employees      into an in-group and an out-group.

Directions:

Embed course material concepts, principles, and theories, which require supporting citations along with at least one scholarly peer reviewed reference in supporting your answer unless the discussion calls for more. Keep in mind that these scholarly references can be found in the Saudi Digital Library by conducting an advanced search specific to scholarly references.