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Leadership, management and supervision

Fiedler – contingency theory

Fiedler identified two distinct styles of leadership:

 psychologically distant managers (PDMs)

 psychologically close managers (PCMs)

Fiedler suggested that the most effective style of leadership would be determined by
the situation, which would be influenced by three factors:

 leader/member relations – the nature of the relationship between the leader and
the group

 task structure – the extent to which the task is structured

 leader position power – the degree of formal authority/responsibility allocated to
the position

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