Personality and Situational Determinants of Leader Behavior

Abstract

The paper examines the relationship between such behaviors as the leader's consideration and structuring and two key variables of the Contingency Model. The variables, the Least Preferred Coworker (LPC) score and the 'favorableness' of the leadership situation, interact in a highly consistent manner in affecting these leader behaviors. The evidence that leader behavior depends, in large part, on the interaction of LPC and situational favorableness indicates that we should avoid defining leadership style on the basis of leader behaviors, and that the prediction of leader behavior must be based on the joint effects of personality and situational factors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0727129

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  • Fred E. Fiedler

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  • University of Washington

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  • Air Platforms
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  • Air Force
  • Applied Psychology
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  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Leadership
  • Military Research
  • New York
  • Personality
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  • Social Psychology
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  • Psychology

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