Fielder Leadership Theory

What does leadership Feilder theory is based on?

• Behavioural

• Situational

• Personality

How does leadership style in Fielder theory being measured?

• using LPC leadership scale

• Management Grid

• MEasurement Scale

What does LPC stands for?

• Less Personality Contingency

• Least preferred Company

• Least preferred Co-worker

According to Fielder, a leader effectiveness is based on 2 factors, that are:

• Leadership Contingency & Behavioural favourableness

• Leadership Style & Situational Favourableness

• Leadership Preferences & Favourableness

Which rate is it in the Fielder Contingency Model, when the leader has a POOR leader-member relationship, LOW task structure, and WEAK leader-position power?

• 1

• 8

• 4

A leader who is trusted by the employees, gives structured tasks & have a strong position power considered to have ____

• HIgh LPC

• Low LPC

• Moderate LPC

Situational favourableness depend on how many factors?

• 4

• 3

• 2

Which is the most effective Leadership Style for a leader who has a Poor member relationship, but gives structured tasks and possesses a weak power position?

• Relationship Oriented approach

• Task-Oriented Approach

• Personality Motivated Approach

Relationship oriented leader approach is most suitable in a situation where there are

• good employee relationship, practice highly structured tasks environment with strong power position

• untrusted employee relationship, in a highly structured task having a strong position power

• untrusted relationship, with low structured tasks and weak power position

Which one is the advantage of the Fielder Theory?

• The LPC scale is based on subjective judgment, and any error in assessment can result in the wrong guidance

• It underlines the differences between situations and helps leaders to assess and understand the situation they act in

• Only two different leadership behaviors can result in leaders being assessed as either-or, resulting in confusion and unclarity