1. Contingency theory , institutional theory, and organizational ecology also emerged.2. This model was later referred to as situational contingency theory . 3. Contingency theory indicates that good leadership depends on characteristics of the leader and the situation.4. Fiedler and his associates have provided decades of research to support and refine the contingency theory . 5. Their structural contingency theory was the dominant paradigm of organizational structural theories for most of the 1970s. 6. :* Situational & contingency theories of leadership : Incorporate environmental and situational considerations into leader behavior. 7. Path-goal theory is a contingency theory linking appropriate leader style to organizational conditions and subordinate personality. 8. This book " added " contingency theory " to the vocabulary of students of organizational behavior ." 9. In essence, such critiques are consistent with the contingency theory , which was developed during the 1950s and 1960s. 10. Adapted from the seminal work on contingency theory , the table below shows the different variables and their corresponding categories.
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