NPM702 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Contingency Theory, Fiedler Contingency Model, Ingroups And Outgroups
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Ohio - you can be defined as more or less employee centred, more or less job centred. Eg: low job (t) high employee (p), = low high. Individual followers have different opinions of the leader. High or low quality relationships with the leader. Discusses objectives; gives employee freedom to use own approach in reaching goals. Gives employee specific directives for how to accomplish tasks. Gives interesting assignments; or choice of assignment. Note: poor leaders/managers categorize new people fast as. Development of individualized leadership - lmx: contingency approaches. The leadership style should change depending on the context, the situation. Many different styles can be effective, depending on: the kind of relationship that exists between leader and followers, the situation in which the leadership occurs. Contingency theory: fiedler: task and relationship style choices, hersey and blanchard: follower readiness, path goal: goal clarity and rewards, vroom-jago: the situation and follower traits determine extent of.
