The Basic Premise of Fiedler's Contingency Theory Is That Leadership

question 71

Multiple Choice

The basic premise of Fiedler's contingency theory is that leadership success depends on ___.

• A) the manager's relationship with the employees
• B) the manager's ability to change styles, given the situation
• C) the match between leadership style and situational demands
• D) the personality of the manager and the employees
• E) the manager's knowledge of the work situation

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Definitions:

Spectral Data

Information obtained from analyzing the spectrum of light absorbed, emitted, or scattered by materials, used in identifying chemical substances.

Splitting

In nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, the division of a signal into multiple peaks due to interactions between nuclei with magnetic moments.

Relative Area

The proportion of a specific area or region relative to another, often discussed in comparing different parts of a graph or chromatographic peaks in analytical chemistry.

Coupling Constant

A parameter in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy that measures the interaction between spinning nuclei.