Concept information
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organizational structure, design, and change
organizational behavior
leadership theory
leadership styles
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industrial psychology
organizational structure, design, and change
organizational behavior
leadership styles
Preferred term
contingency theory of leadership
Definition
- What makes leadership effective in a group or organization? Scholars have been preoccupied with addressing this key question perhaps since the inception of leadership as a formal field of scientific inquiry. One classic approach that gained prominence during the 1970s and 1980s is contingency theories of leadership. [Source: Encyclopedia of Group Processes & Intergroup Relations; Contingency Theories of Leadership]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/contingency_theory_of_leadership
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