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Leadership CH 4

Contingency Leadership Theories

TermDefinition
Leadership Model An example for emulation or use in a given situation.
Contingency Leadership Model Used to determine if a person's leadership style is task or relationship oriented, and if the situation matches the leader's style to maximize performance
Leadership Continuum Model Used to determine which one of seven styles to select, based on the use of boss-centered versus subordinate centered leadership, to meet the situation to maximize performance.
Path-goal Leadership Model Used to select the leadership style (directive, supportive, participative, or achievement-oriented) appropriate to the situation to maximize both performance and job satisfaction.
Normative Leadership Model Has a time-driven and development-driven decision tree that enables the user to select one of five leadership styles (decide, consult individually, consult group, facilitate, and delegate) appropriate for the situation to maximize decisions.
Prescriptive Leadership Models They tell the user exactly which style to use in a given situation.
Descriptive Leadership Models They identify contingency variables and leadership styles without specifying which style to use in a given situation.
Substitutes for Leadership Include characteristics of the subordinate, task, and organization that replace the need for a leader or neutralize the leader's behavior.
Situation favorableness Refers to the degree to which a situation enables the leader to exert influence over the followers.
Authoritarianism The degree to which employees defer to others, and want to be told what to do and how to do the job.
Ability The extent to which employees' ability to perform tasks to achieve goals.
Task structure The extent of repetitiveness of the job
Formal authority The extent of the leader's position power
Work group The extent to which coworkers contribute to job satisfaction or the relationship between
Directive leadership styles The leader provides high structure
Supportive leadership styles The leader provides high consideration
Participative leadership styles The leader includes employee input in decision making
Achievement-oriented leadership styles The leader sets difficult but achievable goals, expects followers to perform at their highest level, and rewards them for doing so.
Substitutes Make a leadership style unnecessary or redundant
Neutralizers Reduce or limit the effectiveness of a leader's behavior
Leader factor Based on personality traits, behaviors, and experience.
Followers factor Based on capability and motivation
Situational factor Based on task, structure, and environment
 

 



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