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Path-goal Theory

LDRLB

Path-goal theory is half leadership, half motivational theory. According to path-goal theory, leaders help followers be selecting a style of leadership (directive, supportive, participative or achievement-oriented) that motivates followers and helps them move toward the desired reward. Useful Lies.

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14 Leadership Studies – Quick Overview of Leadership

CO2

PARTICIPATIVE LEADERSHIP THEORY. The id ea of a participative leadership style arises from the work of Dr. Rensis Likert in 1967. Likert proposed several types of leadership styles including exploitative authoritative, benevolent authoritative, consultative, and participative. Evans and Robert J.

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The (Many) Things Macroeconomists Don't Know

Harvard Business Review

Another quote: " Rational expectations theory has brought macroeconomics a long way. At the height of the 2008 crisis, he went on, "it was clear that an immensely large number of [market] participants were thinking that if there was not a game change, the system would collapse.". Now, none of this is exactly news.

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