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CONTINGENCY APPROACHES 0
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Situational
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Style
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Putting Leaders in the Right Situation:
FIEDLER’S CONTINGENCY THEORY
2.Situational Favorableness
– task-oriented
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LEADERSHIP STYLE:
LEAST PREFERRED COWORKER SCALE
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STEP2: SITUATIONAL FAVORABLENESS
Three factors:
ØLeader-member relations
ØTask structure
ØPosition power
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SITUATION CLASSIFICATION AND LEADER TYPE
Octant I ii Iii iv v vi vii
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Leader member
relation GOOD POOR
Position power High low High low High low High low
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Findings from Fiedler Model
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A leader needs to know two things in order to use
fiedler’s contingency theory:
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SUMMARY
Taskmotivated leader Relationship Task motivated
perform best when motivated leader leaders perform best
they have the most perform best when when they have low
control (highly they have moderate control
favorable). control (highly unfavorable)
(moderately
HIGH favorable) LOW
AMOUNT OF SITUATIONAL CONTROL BY
LEADER MODERATE
Leader – member Leader – member