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Overview

George B. Graen is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research includes work published in notable academic journals within the field of organizational studies.

One recent publication authored by George B. Graen is titled "Leaders thrive thanks to sidekicks", released in 2024 in the journal Organizational Dynamics. This paper contributes to the understanding of leadership dynamics and relationships within organizations.

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Dianna L. Stone
  • Xueting Jiang
  • Julio C. Canedo

George B. Graen's work has appeared in the following publication venue:

  • Organizational Dynamics

Best Publications

  • Relationship-based approach to leadership: Development of leader-member exchange (LMX) theory of leadership over 25 years: Applying a multi-level multi-domain perspective

    George B. Graen;Mary Uhl-Bien

  • A vertical dyad linkage approach to leadership within formal organizations: A longitudinal investigation of the role making process

    Fred Dansereau;George Graen;William J. Haga

  • Toward a psychology of dyadic organizing.

    George B. Graen;Terri A. Scandura

  • AN EXAMINATION OF LEADERSHIP AND EMPLOYEE CREATIVITY: THE RELEVANCE OF TRAITS AND RELATIONSHIPS

    Pamela Tierney;Steven M. Farmer;George B. Graen

  • Generalizability of the vertical dyad linkage model of leadership.

    Robert C. Liden;George Graen

  • Moderating effects of initial leader–member exchange status on the effects of a leadership intervention.

    Terri A. Scandura;George B. Graen

  • A Role-Making Model of Leadership in Formal Organizations: A Developmental Approach

    George B. Graen;James Cashman

  • The effects of leader–member exchange and job design on productivity and satisfaction: Testing a dual attachment model.

    George B. Graen;Michael A. Novak;Patricia Sommerkamp

  • Role-making processes within complex organizations

    George B. Graen

  • Role of leadership in the employee withdrawal process.

    George B. Graen;Robert C. Liden;William Hoel

  • When managers decide not to decide autocratically: An investigation of leader–member exchange and decision influence.

    Terri A. Scandura;George B. Graen;Michael A. Novak

  • The Transformation of Professionals into Self-Managing and Partially Self-Designing Contributors: Toward a Theory of Leadership-Making

    George B. Graen;Mary Uhl-Bien

  • Leader–member agreement: A vertical dyad linkage approach.

    George Graen;William Schiemann

  • Training in creative problem solving: Effects on ideation and problem finding and solving in an industrial research organization

    Min Basadur;George B. Graen;Stephen G. Green

  • Instrumentality theory of work motivation: some experimental results and suggested modifications.

    George Graen

  • INSTRUMENTALITY THEORY AND EQUITY THEORY AS COMPLEMENTARY APPROACHES IN PREDICTING THE RELATIONSHIP OF LEADERSHIP AND TURNOVER AMONG MANAGERS

    Fred Dansereau;James Cashman;George Graen

  • Individual Self-Management: Analysis of Professionals' Self-Managing Activities in Functional and Cross-Functional Work Teams

    Mary Uhl-Bien;George B. Graen

  • Guanxi and professional leadership in contemporary Sino-American joint ventures in mainland China

    Chun Hui;George Graen

  • The Interaction of Job Stress and Social Support: A Strong Inference Investigation

    Anson Seers;Gail W. McGee;Timothy T. Serey;George B. Graen

  • A Field Experimental Test of the Moderating Effects of Growth Need Strength on Productivity

    George B. Graen;Terri A. Scandura;Michael R. Graen

Frequent Co-Authors

Fred Dansereau
Fred Dansereau University at Buffalo, State University of New York
K. Michele Kacmar
K. Michele Kacmar Texas State University
Lynn M. Shore
Lynn M. Shore Colorado State University
Chester A. Schriesheim
Chester A. Schriesheim University of Miami
Charles L. Hulin
Charles L. Hulin University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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