In this chapter you will learn: Understand how leadership is often contingent on people and situations; apply fiedler’s contingency model to key relationships among leader style, situational favorability, and group task performance; use the Vroom-Jago model to identify the correct amount of follower participation in specific decision situations;. | Chapter 3 Contingency Approaches Chapter Objectives Understand how leadership is often contingent on people and situations. Apply Fiedler’s contingency model to key relationships among leader style, situational favorability, and group task performance. Apply Hersey and Blanchard’s situational theory of leader style to the level of follower readiness. Explain the path-goal theory of leadership. Use the Vroom-Jago model to identify the correct amount of follower participation in specific decision situations. Know how to use the power of situational variables to substitute for or neutralize the need for leadership. Ex. Comparing the Universalistic and Contingency Approaches to Leadership Universalistic Approach Contingency Approach Followers Leader Situation Leadership Traits/behaviors Style Traits Behavior Position Needs Maturity Training Cohesion Task Structure Systems Env. Outcomes (Performance, satisfaction, etc.) Outcomes (Performance, satisfaction, etc.) Contingency . | Chapter 3 Contingency Approaches Chapter Objectives Understand how leadership is often contingent on people and situations. Apply Fiedler’s contingency model to key relationships among leader style, situational favorability, and group task performance. Apply Hersey and Blanchard’s situational theory of leader style to the level of follower readiness. Explain the path-goal theory of leadership. Use the Vroom-Jago model to identify the correct amount of follower participation in specific decision situations. Know how to use the power of situational variables to substitute for or neutralize the need for leadership. Ex. Comparing the Universalistic and Contingency Approaches to Leadership Universalistic Approach Contingency Approach Followers Leader Situation Leadership Traits/behaviors Style Traits Behavior Position Needs Maturity Training Cohesion Task Structure Systems Env. Outcomes (Performance, satisfaction, etc.) Outcomes (Performance, satisfaction, etc.) Contingency Approaches Contingency approaches: approaches that seek to delineate the characteristics of situations and followers and examine the leadership styles that can be used effectively Fiedler’s contingency model: a model designed to diagnose whether a leader is task-oriented or relationship-oriented and match leader style to the situation Ex. Metacategories of Leader Behavior and Four Leader Styles High Task-Low Relationship High Task-High Relationship Low Task-Low Relationship High Relationship -Low Task Low High Low High RELATIONSHIP BEHAVIOR TASK BEHAVIOR Situational Theory Hersey and Blanchard’s extension of the Leadership Grid focusing on the characteristics of followers as the important element of the situation, and consequently, of determining effective leader behavior Ex. Hersey and Blanchard’s Situational Theory of Leadership Follower Characteristics Appropriate Leader Style Low readiness level Moderate readiness level High readiness level Very high readiness .
