Northouse, Leadership: Theory and Practice, Seventh Edition: Instructor Resource
Chapter 6 – Path-Goal Theory
Questions for Study
1. What researchers are most associated with path-goal theory?
2. What are the assumptions of expectancy theory and how do they undergird path-goal theory?
4. Identify the follower characteristics that influence how workers interpret a leader’s behavior.
5. How does each follower characteristic affect that interpretation?
7. How does each task characteristic affect how the leader’s behavior influences motivation?
8. Explain the conditions under which each of the four leadership styles is optimally used.
9. What are strengths of path-goal theory?
11. How does path-goal theory fit with the four components of leadership (process, influence,
groups, common goals)?