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Leader-Member exchange theory is the dyadic relationship quality between leaders and members as the key to understanding leader effects on members, tams and organizations. (Bauer and Erdogan, 2016, p. 3)

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LMX theory originated in the 1970s and for more than four decades, has made many valuable contributions to advancing scholarly leadership literature which continues to evolve well into the 21st century. (Day and Miscenko, 2015)

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LMX theory stands out among many scholarly leadership approaches with its unique focus on the leader-follower dyad. While other leadership theories tend to emphasize the individual leader. (Erdogan and Bauer, 2014, p. 407)

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Leader-member exchange, relations leadership, vertical dyad linkage, leadership theories, research methods and multilevel models.

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The Big Five factors of personality; conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism, openness to experience and extraversion. (Dulebohn et al., 2012)

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LMX informs leadership from different theoretical approaches. Leadership studies have reached a saturation point of singular approach to leadership. Rather than arguing for a grand unified theory of leadership by examining leadership processes across various levels of analyses. (Schriesheim et al., 1999)