The lack of a consistent relationship between leader traits and leader effectiveness led to the development of the
A)trait model.
B)Fiedler's contingency model.
C)House's path-goal theory.
D)leader substitutes model.
E)behavior model.

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The lack of a consistent relationship between leader traits and leader effectiveness led researchers to shift their attention away from traits and to search for new explanations for effective leadership.Rather than focusing on what leaders are like (the traits they possess), researchers began looking at what effective leaders actually do-in other words, at the behaviors that allow effective leaders to influence their subordinates to achieve group and organizational goals.

The Lack of a Consistent Relationship Between Leader Traits and Leader