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Contingency Approach to Leadership Effectiveness

Contingency Approach to Leadership Effectiveness. Leader-Situation Fit. PRINCIPLE. DETERMINE PERSON-SITUATION FIT FOR LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS. Focus: Situational Aspect of Leadership. Major Premise. Leader must fit the situation. In other words. Situation determines who will emerge

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Contingency Approach to Leadership Effectiveness

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  1. Contingency Approach to Leadership Effectiveness Leader-Situation Fit

  2. PRINCIPLE DETERMINE PERSON-SITUATION FIT FOR LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS Focus: Situational Aspect of Leadership

  3. Major Premise Leader must fit the situation In other words Situation determines who will emerge and be effective as a leader

  4. Fiedler’s Contingency Model of Leadership Effectiveness Leader effectiveness depends on the interaction between: personal traits and situational variables

  5. Traits & Situation Personal Traits: Task Orientation (initiating structure) Relationship Orientation (consideration) Situational Variable: Favorability of the Situation (low-medium-high)

  6. Favorability of the Situation Leader-Members Relationship (how accepted the leader is) Degree of Task Structure (how structured the task is) Leader’s Position of Power (How much formal authority the leader has) Positive relationship

  7. Leadership Effectiveness Leader’s effectiveness will depend on the appropriateness of the “match” between: Task or relationship personal orientation & The level of favorability of the situation

  8. Level of Favorability High Medium Low Leadership Style Task Oriented Relationship Oriented Task Oriented Match Alternatives

  9. 1 Validation Studies 0.8 High LPC Original Studies 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 -0.2 Low LPC -0.4 -0.6 -0.8 -1 LPC and Situational Favorableness RoL ToL F UF

  10. TAKE-HOME MESSAGE FIT matters

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