What are the situational factors in House's Path-Goal Theory of leadership?
A)Situational favourableness
B)Employee characteristics and leader power
C)Employee characteristics and environmental factors
D)Individualized consideration
E)Leader-member relations, task structure, and position power

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C) Employee characteristics and environmental factors are the situational factors in House's Path-Goal Theory of leadership. This theory suggests that a leader's effectiveness is determined by the degree to which they adapt their leadership style to the employee's characteristics (such as their needs, preferences, and abilities) and environmental factors (such as the task structure and work group dynamics).

What Are the Situational Factors in House's Path-Goal Theory of Leadership