You have decided to use Fiedler's LPC questionnaire to help your employees learn more about their leadership styles. Each of your employees has filled out and scored the instrument. It is your job to try to explain to them how to use the survey information.
-According to Fiedler's approach, your employees should assume which of the following about the leadership styles determined through using the survey?
A) Each person's style is essentially fixed.
B) Each person can use the information to change his/her style to a more productive style.
C) Task-oriented leaders will not perform as well as relationship-oriented leaders in situations that are very unfavorable.
D) Task-oriented leaders will perform better than relationship-oriented leaders in moderately favorable situations.
E) Each person's style will change in accordance with the situation at hand.

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According to Fiedler's approach, a person's leadership style is essentially fixed and not likely to change. Therefore, the survey results are used to determine which leadership situation a person is most suited for rather than to encourage a change in leadership style.

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