Leadership situations vary with regard to the degree to which the leader can determine what subordinates will do, how the subordinates will do it, and what the results will be. Accordingto Fiedler's contingency theory, a leader with a relationship- oriented management style will be most effective when exerting:
- Great control.
- Moderate control.
- Little control.
- Great or little control.
Answer(s): B
Explanation:
A relationship-oriented manager is employee centered. His or her self-esteem is strongly affected by personal interactions with subordinates. Fiedler indicated that such a manager is most effective when not faced with the extremes of high or low control situations. High control follows from strong position power, a structured task, and good leader- member relations. A low-control situation has just the opposite characteristics. Ina high-control environment, a concern for personal relations may be unimportant. In a low-control situation, therelationship orientedleader may be unable to provide the needed task structuring. Thus, themoderate controlsituation is best. An example is an assembly-line situation (a structured task) in which leader-member relations are poor.
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