Answer to Question #116921 in Management for Ibrahim Sami

Question

4.Differentiate the contingency models of leadership and how they enhance our understanding of effective leadership and management in organizations.(3 Points)

Answer 1

leadership style is used to measure the leaders' level of satisfaction of working with others by use of Least Preferred Co-worker (LPC) scale.on the other hand situational favorableness shows the degree to which leaders have control and influence and therefore feel that they can determine the interaction of the group's outcomes.

Contingency models of leadership takes into account the situation within which leadership occurs. If a manager is an effective leader is the result of the interplay between what the manager is like, what he or she does, and the situation in which leadership takes place. Contingency models proposes that whether a leader who possesses certain traits or perform certain behaviors is effective on or is contingent on, the situation or context.