Jamal and Joumana (Scenario)
Jamal and Joumana are both managers at a medium- sized medical supply firm. Jamal emphasizes to his people that the work must be done, regardless of circumstances, and encourages his employees to meet their sales quotas. He is generally liked, but because sales are unstructured, sometimes his employees resent his rather heavy- handed approach. Joumana has tried hard to build a good rapport with her employees and knows each of their families. She encourages her employees to work hard, but to be certain to take time for themselves and their families.
-Fiedler would expect that the best leadership style was a function of_________ .

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Fiedler's contingency theory suggests that the best leadership style is determined by Leader-Member Relations (how well the leader and followers get along), Task Structure (how structured the task being performed is), and Position Power (the amount of formal authority the leader has). None of the other choices address these key factors in the theory.