A TEST OF THE PATH‐GOAL THEORY OF LEADERSHIP AND SOME SUGGESTED DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH
在一家大型公用事业公司检验了路径-目标领导理论中任务结构的调节效应，发现无论任务结构如何，工具型领导与绩效指标的相关性都很弱，而支持型领导在所有任务结构水平下都与绩效指标强相关。基于此，提出了改进理论检验方法和关注理论假设的建议。
Several hypotheses on the moderating effect of task structure from Path‐Goal leadership theory were tested in a large public utility. No support was found for the moderating effect of task structure, despite multiple analyses and large and statistically significant differences in moderator variables: instrumental leadership obtained few significant correlations with criteria regardless of task structure, and supportive leadership was strongly related to criteria at all levels of task structure. Based on these results and theoretical considerations, suggestions are made for modification of the manner in which the theory has generally been tested, and for attention to specific testing of several assumptions upon which the theory is based.