The Fiedler contingency model is a leadership theory of industrial and organizational psychology developed by Fred Fiedler (born 1922), one of the leading scientists who helped his field move from the research of traits and personal characteristics of leaders to leadership styles and behaviours.
The traditional Taylorist management style assumes that there is one best style of leadership. Fiedler’s contingency model postulates that the leader’s effectiveness is based on "situational contingency" which is a result of interaction of two factors: leadership style and situational favourableness (later called situational control). More than 400 studies have since investigated this relationship.
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