Convenience

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Perceived ability
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Locus of control
Leader behaviors
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Directive
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Supportive
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Participative
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Achievement-
oriented
Environmental
characteristics
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Task structure
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Work group
Subordinates’ motivation to perform
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F I G U R E 1 1 . 3
The Path-Goal Framework
The path-goal theory of leadership suggests that managers can use four types of
leader behavior to clarify subordinates’ paths to goal attainment. Both personal
characteristics of the subordinate and environmental characteristics within the
organization must be taken into account when determining which style of leadership
will work best for a particular situation.
Vroom’s decision
tree approach
Predicts what kinds
of situations call for
different degrees of
group participation
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Leading
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This assessment guides the manager through the paths of the decision tree to a
recommended course of action. One decision tree is to be used when the manager is
interested primarily in making the decision as quickly as possible; the other is to be
used when time is less critical and the manager is interested in helping subordinates to
improve and develop their own decision-making skills.
The two decision trees are shown in Figures 11.4 and 11.5. The problem attributes
(situational factors) are arranged along the top of the decision tree. To use the model,