This description and test of motivation as a dispositional and situational variable for predicting leaders' influence tactics was based on 83 leader-member dyads sampled from a national restaurant chain. Results support a dispositional perspective, as leaders' sources of motivation best predicted their behaviors. Hypothesized relationships between motivation and leaders' influence tactics were also well supported.
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