Abstract
Abstract : An attempt was made to explore two of the basic assumptions underlying Fiedler's (1964, 1965) Contingency Model: (1) the assumption that different group-task situations 'require a different leader-group member interaction,' i.e., 'demand' different types of leadership behaviors; and (2) the assumption that these 'demands' will covary systematically with the three dimensions of the group-task situation specified by the Contingency Model. One hundred forty-one male undergraduates rated the way they believed the 'Most Effective Leader' (MEL) should perform in each of eight group-task situations on a Behavioral Description Questionnaire. The results indicated that although these ratings of the MEL's behavior did vary across the different group-task situations, the ratings were significantly influenced by only two of the three group-task dimensions isolated by Fiedler, namely, the leader-member relations and the position power dimensions. Additional hypotheses related to the Contingency Model were also investigated and discussed.
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