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Leader–Member Exchange 7 Questionnaire (LMX-7) Test

Understand leader member rapport in 2 minutes, including respect, trust, and commitment. Get quick, actionable insight to spot communication gaps and strengthen team performance.

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Questions: 72 minutes

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October 2, 2025

October 2, 2025
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October 2, 2025
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Verified by Daniel Hall

Psychologist with 25 years of experience

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How the Scales are Structured

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11/35

Relationship Quality (RQ)

Measures the overall quality of the leader–member relationship in terms of trust, respect, and mutual support.

Low quality

Moderate quality

High quality

7 – 19: Low quality | 20 – 24: Moderate quality | 25 – 35: High quality

A score of 11 falls in the Low quality range, suggesting limited trust, respect, and reciprocal support in the leader–follower relationship at this time.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

People Managers

41%OF USERS

Managers use it to gauge trust, respect, and working chemistry with each direct report and spot relationship gaps early.

HR and People Ops

34%OF USERS

HR teams take it to diagnose team communication bottlenecks and inform leadership development or engagement initiatives.

Team Leads and Consultants

25%OF USERS

Coaches and internal consultants use it as a quick baseline to guide conversations and measure progress in leader–member relationships.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

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Quality of Relationships (QoR)

Average

14.8

Normal range

11.2 — 18.3

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

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The questionnaire may be completed by either a leader or a follower. The only point that must be clarified is that leaders complete the questionnaire separately for each of their followers, whereas followers complete it for each of their supervisors. You will be asked to characterize your relationship either with your leader or with one of your followers. Please read each item carefully. To what extent does this description reflect reality? Indicate your response by selecting one of five options.

- Strongly disagree
- Disagree
- Neutral
- Agree
- Strongly agree
- Strongly disagree
- Disagree
- Neutral
- Agree
- Strongly agree
- Strongly disagree
- Disagree
- Neutral
- Agree
- Strongly agree

These are 3 of the 7 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

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WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

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Leader–Member Exchange 7 Questionnaire (LMX-7) Test - Symptoms and Signs

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In team-based settings, it is often useful to assess the quality of the working relationship between a supervisor and an individual employee. The Leader-Member Exchange 7 Questionnaire (LMX-7) is a brief self-report measure developed by G. B. Graen and M. Uhl-Bien to capture perceived leader-member relationship quality.

The measure focuses on core relational elements commonly described as mutual respect, trust, and obligation within the dyad. It consists of 7 items and typically takes about 2 minutes to complete.

The Leader-Member Exchange 7 Questionnaire (LMX-7) may be used in organizational assessment, coaching, and research contexts to support discussions about communication patterns, role expectations, and areas for improvement in supervisor-employee working relationships.

Author: G. B. Graen, M. Uhl-Bien

Literature: Graen, G. B., & Uhl-Bien, M. Relationship-based approach to leadership: Development of leader–member exchange (LMX) theory of leadership over 25 years: Applying a multi-level multi-domain perspective. The Leadership Quarterly. 1995.