... accomplishing goals, and as such, leaders must be able to identify what kind of motivation is needed, and when. The Path-Goal Theory of Leadership, proposed by Robert House, is a blue print for increasing the effectiveness and fulfilment of subordinates, where the Expectancy Theory suggests how to increase employee motivation towards a specific outcome. Combined, these two theories could prove to be ... to the changing situation in which he finds himself. The four leader behaviours described above represent a pallet from which the leader can call forth the appropriate shade of leadershi...

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