Very Varied Variables
A situational variable that directly makes a mediating variable or an outcome more favorable, such as when subordinates have extensive prior experience and training.
What is a substitute for leadership?
This theory identifies situational variables that make a leader’s task-oriented behavior or relations-oriented behavior either redundant or ineffective. These situational variables include characteristics of the subordinates, task, and the organization that serve as substitutes for leadership behavior.
What is Leadership Substitutes Theory?
This activity is necessary when organizing long, complex tasks with many interrelated activities. This activity might include identifying necessary activities, determining a sequence of events, estimating a timeline, establishing roles and responsibilities, and identifying resources
What is planning?
A formal reward system is an example of a situational variable that can directly influence this mediating variable.
What is task commitment?
When a subordinate is inexperienced and/or the task at hand is complex, leaders with strong expertise might do this to improve performance and understanding.
What is “instructing/teaching/coaching”?
A situational variable that increases the effects of leader behavior on the dependent variable, but does not directly influence the dependent variable. For example, a leader will be more effective at coaching if the leader has relevant expertise.
What is an enhancer?
In this contingency theory, the appropriate type of leadership is determined by subordinate maturity. Low-maturity subordinates respond best to task-oriented behavior, while high-maturity subordinates can benefit more from relations-based behavior.
What is Situational Leadership Theory?
According to Cognitive Resources Theory, this type of leadership behavior is effective when the members of the group have relevant knowledge and information not possessed by the leader
What is "participative” leadership?
This mediating variable includes budgetary funds, tools, equipment, supplies, personnel, facilities, information, and assistance needed to do the work.
What are "resources and support"?
Stressed individuals might have more difficulty performing a task successfully, especially if it involves reasoning and problem solving. For this reason, leaders and coworkers should provide this to emotionally upset workers.
What is “emotional support”?
A situational moderator variable that decreases the effect of leader behavior on the dependent variable, or prevents any effect from occurring. Employee indifference serves as an example of this type of variable.
What is a neutralizer?
In this theory, a leader with a high score is motivated by interpersonal relationships and relations-oriented behavior, while a leader with a low score is motivated by achievement of objectives and task-oriented behavior.
What is the LPC Contingency Model?
DAILY DOUBLE!
The LPC Contingency model describes how the situation moderates the effects on group performance of a specific leader trait, called the LPC. The “P” in LPC stands for this.
Emphasizing common interests, encouraging constructive conflict resolution, using team-building activities, and increasing group incentives are all short-term actions to correct this mediating variable deficiency.
What is “poor cooperation/teamwork/mutual trust among members of a group”?
Leaders should perform this action as a way to detect and correct job performance problems in subordinates.
What is “monitoring”?
Contingency theories of effective leadership are comprised of predictor variables, dependent variables, and situational variables. Out of the three variables mentioned, subordinate satisfaction and performance are common examples of this variable type.
What is dependent variable?
In this theory, performance of a leader's group is related to a leader's intelligence, interpersonal stress, and knowledge about the tasks at hand.
What is Cognitive Resources Theory?
In order to manage a crisis effectively, leaders must be able to quickly identify the nature and scope of and recognize early warning signs for this correctly.
What is the problem?
These aspects of the situation, such as formal rules, policies, role expectations, and organizational values; can encourage or constrain a leader's behavior.
What are "demands and constraints"?
In the absence of timely and accurate information during a crisis, rumors are likely to occur. In order to prevent unnecessary stress for subordinates, leaders should do this activity.
What is “inform people/communicate/hold periodic briefings”?
Contingency theories of effective leadership are comprised of predictor variables, dependent variables, and situational variables. Out of the three variables mentioned, characteristics of the work and characteristics of the leadership position are common examples of this variable type.
What is a situational variable?
Compared to earlier contingency theories, this model specifies leadership behaviors, includes a larger number of mediating and situational variables, and more explicitly describes group-level processes. This model describes how both leader behavior and aspects of the situation can impact performance.
What is the Multiple-linkage Model?
This theory describes how a leader’s behavior influences subordinates’ perceptions about the likely consequences of different levels of effort. The goal is to increase subordinates’ motivation and satisfaction so that they are more productive.
What is Path-Goal Theory?
DAILY DOUBLE!
While a contingency theory describes some aspect of leadership that applies to some situations but not others, this theory describes some aspect of leadership that applies to all types of situations.
If a crisis warns that traditional strategies and practices are no longer effective, leaders might encourage this activity.
What is “make necessary changes/improve contingency plans”?