Path-Goal Theories of Leadership: A Meta-Analysis
对120项研究进行元分析，检验路径-目标理论的假设。发现情境和人为调节变量影响领导行为与结果变量的关系，但部分结果与假设相反，且多数研究存在缺陷。
Meta-analyses of 120 studies were conducted to test hypotheses of path-goal theories. Chi-square results showed that potential situational and artifactual moderators exist for the relationships of leader behaviors with the dependent variables. Of 16 moderator tests that could be conducted, 7 met the criteria as moderators; however the effect of one moderator was in the opposite direction to that hypothesized. The analyses indicated that much of the research testing path-goal theories has been flawed. Suggestions for future research are made.