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It is important to understand how leadership styles have an impact on followers and their motivation levels. Looking specifically at the work place, leaders have a responsibility to provide a suitable environment for their employees. Using the Work Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation Scale, this study was able to determine motivation levels of each participant, intrinsically and extrinsically. Participants chose a leader to asses and using the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire and the Leadership Styles Questionnaire, the leadership style of the participant's person of choosing was found while their motivation level was assessed using the Work Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motviation Scale. In this study, a relationship between transformational and democratic leadership styles, and intrinsic motivation was found. Transactional and autocratic leadership styles did not have a relationship with extrinsic motivation. From this study, it can be noted that while aspects of all styles should be used for effective leadership, those who use a transformational and democratic leadership style tend to intrinsically motivate their employees.

Social media users' perceptions of the ethics of social media posting about the COVID-19 virus, vaccines, and masking has received little attention in the scholarly literature. This descriptive study examined US 41 residents' perceptions of misinformation and ethics in social media related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants (N=161) responded to an online survey that asked them to describe their perspective on the ethics of postings about the COVID-19 pandemic and their views of misinformation and fake news surrounding COVID-19, the vaccines, and masking. The study found, consistent with the Third Person Effect, that most people believe their friends and family are more likely to share misinformation than they are. The most important ethical issues they discussed related to social media postings about the pandemic were misinformation, freedom of speech and other civil rights, lack of tolerance, politicizing COVID-19, and the rights of the individual versus the needs of the community.