Chapter Questions
What relevance might contingency leadership have for dealing with (a) men versus women, and (b) old versus young?
Describe how it might be possible for a manager to be charismatic yet also practice contingency leadership.
Identify a personality trait you think would help a manager function as a contingency leader. Also identify a trait you think might detract from a manager's ability to function as a contingency leader.
How might a leader modify the clothing he or she wore to different work situations to help practice contingency leadership?
How would a manager know which variables in a given situation should influence which approach to leadership he or she should take?
Which of the four path-goal styles do you think would be the best for managing a group of software engineers? Justify your answer.
To what extent do you think that battlefield experience would help a person become an effective crisis leader in a business situation?
Why are both a task emphasis and a relationship emphasis often necessary to get a group through a crisis, such as a hurricane having destroyed a company facility?
To what extent do you think most business leaders will ever use experience-based leadership or management?
In what way do effective teachers practice contingency leadership?