Contingency

Situational and Contingency Approaches in Sport Leadership

Shortly  after  World  War  II,  Ralph  Stogdill  published a highly influential review paper in which he concluded  that  effective  leadership  is  not  derived through  the  expression  of  some  set  of  personality  traits  but  is  invariably  dependent  on  a  range of  situational  factors  that  include  the  context  in which leaders find themselves, as well as the

Contingency Model of Leadership

The contingency model of leadership is a model of leadership effectiveness that predicts group performance will be based on the interplay between leadership style and various situational factors. Because different leadership styles work more effectively in certain situations than in others, the model predicts optimal group performance will result when a leadership style accords with

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