The mother of a staff nurse is critically ill and the nurse must miss several shifts of work. If the leadership style of the nursing manager is transactional, which approach to covering these shifts is most likely?
1. "I have made out a schedule of who will work to cover these shifts."
2. "I can work an extra shift tomorrow night. Who can cover tonight?"
3. "How can we work together to cover these shifts to help our coworker?"
4. "If you work overtime tonight I will authorize double your hourly pay rate."
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Rationale 1: Making out a schedule with no input from nursing is authoritative leadership.
Rationale 2: Transformational leaders appeal to individuals' better selves rather than their self-interests.
Rationale 3: Transformational leaders appeal to individuals' better selves rather than their self-interests.
Rationale 4: Transactional leadership is based on the principles of social exchange theory. The primary premise is that individuals act in their own best interest.
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