Leader's job is to clarify the path for
their followers to achieve goals and
assist followers in attaining their
goals by providing the necessary
direction and support
Leader needs to keep path
clear and maintain follower's
motivation by directing,
guiding, and coaching
subordinates.
Expectancy Theory of Motivation
Subordinates will be motivated if
they believe that their effort will
result in the required level of
performance, achieving the
required level of performance will
result in a desirable personal
payoff/reward, the payoffs for
doing their work are personally
worthwhile
Motivational Force =
Expectancy x
Instrumentality x Valence
Task Situations
Requiring Leader
Involvement
Ambiguous
Situations
Requires direction
Highly Repetitive Situations
Requires leader support
Subordinate Characteristics
Strong Need for Affiliation
friendly and concerned
leadership is a source of
satisfaction, supportive
leadership
Preference for Structure
Dogmatic and authoritarian, leadership
provides psychological structure, directive
leadership required
Desire for Control
External locus of control requires
directive leadership. Internal locus
of control requires participative
leadership
Perception of their own Ability
as perception of ability goes up, need
for highly directive leadership goes
down.
Fiedler's Contingency Model
Least Preferred Coworker (LPC)
High score means coworker is
relationship motivated
Low score means coworker is
task motivated
Fiedler's Contingencies
Leader-member relations:
Degree of confidence, trust,
respect members have in
their leader
Task Structure: Degree to which the job
assignments are procedurized
Position Power: Degree of influence
a leader has over power variables
such as hiring, firing