According to Fiedler, in which situations would a task-orientated leader be more effective than a people-orientated leader?
The leader’s effectiveness is determined by the interaction of the leader’s style of behavior and the favourableness of the situational characteristics. The most favourable situation is when leader-member relations are good, the task is highly structured, and the leader has a strong position power. Research on the contingency model has shown that task-oriented leaders are more effective in highly favourable situations (as task is structured, relations are good and leader is in a strong position) and highly unfavourable situations (as relations are poor, task is unstructured and leader position is weak thereby requiring a task-oriented leadership style) whereas relationship-oriented leaders are more effective in situations of intermediate favourableness.
