CLEP Management

Answer: A - Readiness was not a component identified by Fiedler for situational leadership.

Key Takeaway: When Fiedler conducted his study into leadership components, he focused on components of the situation which impacted the leadership style and motivation. He found that the three primary components were leader-follower relations, task structure, and position power. Fiedler’s work was the first to consider the situation that the leader and team operated in and provided the foundation for additional theories such as Hersey-Blanchard’s life cycle theory and House’s path-goal theory.