Practice question · Multiple choice
Leadership theory moved from traits to behaviours to contingency. Why did each position give way to the next?
Hints
- Ask what each theory FAILED to predict.
- A sequence of theories usually records a sequence of anomalies.
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C. Each failed to explain a variation the next one made a variable
Why
Each step absorbed the anomaly that sank the last. Situational leadership goes further still, making the follower’s readiness the contingency that selects the style.
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