Learning Objectives

Chapter 15

After reading this chapter, you should be able to

1. explain the basics of motivation.
2. use equity theory to explain how employees' perceptions of fairness affect motivation.
3. use expectancy theory to describe how workers' expectations about rewards, effort, and the link between rewards and performance influence motivation.
4. explain what leadership is.
5. describe who leaders are and what effective leaders do.
6. explain Fiedler's contingency theory.
7. discuss Hersey & Blanchard's situational theory.
8. explain how visionary leadership (i.e., charismatic and transformational leadership) helps leaders achieve strategic leadership.

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