Synonyms
A general contingency theory of management; Contingency approach; Contingency model of leadership effectiveness; Contingency perspective; Contingency theory of leadership; Contingency view; Fiedler’s contingency model; Fiedler’s contingency theory; Fiedler’s theory of leadership; Structural contingency theory; The contingency theory of organizations
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Leadership can be characterized as a human-centered system that responds to all internal and external factors that impact it. Modern business organizations are under the influence of many volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) factors. Contingency theory is considered as one way of assessing organization and leadership action, supported by various empirical research that observes leaders’ styles concerning specific situations (Northouse, 2013), whereas organizational effectiveness is deemed because of specific organizational characteristics and contingencies (Donaldson, 2001). Contingency theory...
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Omazić, M.A., Labaš, D., Uroić, P. (2023). Contingency Theory. In: Idowu, S., Schmidpeter, R., Capaldi, N., Zu, L., Del Baldo, M., Abreu, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainable Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02006-4_1098-1
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