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Leading by listening : an empirical test of Carl Rogers's theory of human relationship using interpersonal assessments of leaders by followers /

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Typescript. Thesis (Ph. D.)--George Washington University, 1997. Includes bibliographical references.
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... The most effective leaders communicate with their team members frequently, and engage in active listening, to gain their trust and total engagement, so they can perform better (Bass, 1990;Neufeld, Wan, & Fang, 2010;Talukder, 2012). For example, Kramer (1997) found that good listening skills accounted for 40 percent of the variance in effective leadership. Due to the lack of empirical studies in this area, others authors have theorized that communication skills are related to leadership effectiveness (Locke, 1991;Yukl, 1998). ...
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