A New Approach to Situational Leadership
- 1 April 1985
- journal article
- Published by Emerald Publishing in Leadership & Organization Development Journal
- Vol. 6 (4) , 2-7
- https://doi.org/10.1108/eb053578
Abstract
It has been shown that the Hersey and Blanchard situational leadership model suffers from fundamental flaws since it violates three logical principles — consistency, continuity and conformity. If the model is corrected to avoid this violation, allowing smooth progression of leader as parent (using LT/LR leadership style) to the leader as developer (using an HT/HR leadership style) the leader will maintain balanced emphasis on task and relationship as long as the ability and willingness of the group are developing symmetrically. The model performs all the functions of the original while avoiding its flaws.Keywords
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