Path-goal leadership theory: The long and winding road

Chester A. Schriesheim; Linda L. Neider

doi:10.1016/S1048-9843(96)90023-5

Path-goal leadership theory: The long and winding road

Chester A. Schriesheim, Linda L. Neider

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Over 20 years have passed since Robert J. House published his classic article, "A Path-Goal Theory of Leader Effectiveness" in Administrative Science Quarterly (1971). Based on the work of Georgopolous, Mahoney, and Jones (1957) and the doctoral dissertation and earlier work of Evans (1968, 1970), House's path-goal conceptualization of leadership used Vroom's (1964) expectancy theory of motivation to identify the effects of leader behavior on subordinate outcome variables. An obvious question that comes to mind almost 2-12 decades later is: Where has such a road taken those of us in the leadership field? The present paper explores this issue by very briefly describing the theory (for more detail, see House, 1971; House & Dessler, 1974; House & Mitchell, 1974), summarizing the empirical evidence and discussing concerns about the future direction of path-goal leadership research.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	317-321
Number of pages	5
Journal	Leadership Quarterly
Volume	7
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S1048-9843(96)90023-5
State	Published - Sep 1 1996
Externally published	Yes

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Applied Psychology
Sociology and Political Science
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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