Abstract
An attempt was made to determine the meaning of the least preferred co-worker (LPC) score by means of a confirmatory analysis. The LPC score is considered to be a measure of leader-ship style which distinguishes people motivated primarily by task accomplishment from those motivated by successful interpersonal relations. One hundred and sixty-three subjects completed a test battery containing eight measures which were expected to be related to LPC and 10 measures which were not. The results of the analyses indicated that LPC and two of its component subscores occupy a construct space independent of all the other measures. These findings have negative implications for Fiedler's contingency model since they cast doubt upon the validity of LPC, the model's central construct, as a measure of leadership style.
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