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Fundamentals of Management, 11/e
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Fundamentals of Management, 11/e

by Stephen P. Robbins, Mary A. Coulter, David A. De Cenzo
April 2015
Beginner content levelBeginner
480 pages
107h 32m
English
Pearson
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What Do the Contingency Theories of Leadership Tell Us?

  1. 13-3 Describe the four major contingency leadership theories.

“The corporate world is filled with stories of leaders who failed to achieve greatness because they failed to understand the context they were working in.”11 In this section, we examine four contingency theories—Fiedler, Hersey-Blanchard, leader-participation, and path-goal. Each looks at defining leadership style and the situation, and attempts to answer the if-then contingencies (i.e., if this is the context or situation, then this is the best leadership style to use). As an individual matures as a leader, it means being able to diagnose what type of leadership is needed in a particular situation. That’s the premise behind ...

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ISBN: 9780135175156