Question

Fiedler defines the degree of confidence, trust, and respect that subordinates have in their leader as ________.

Answer 1

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Fiedler defines the degree of confidence, trust, and respect that subordinates have in their leader as ________.

A. Leader-member relations

B. Task structure

C. Follower variables

D. path-goal frameworks

E. positional power

The answer to this question is A. Leader-member relations

Explanation:

Fred Fiedler was an important psychology researcher that focused on study different aspects of human psychology including leadership. About this, Fiedler designed a model that showed the features, role, and effectiveness of a leader. This included the idea leaders need to control and guide groups, which implies creating a positive interaction based on qualities such as confidence or respect because through these features the subordinates will follow the leader and leadership will be more effective; additionally, Fiedler defined this positive interaction as leader-member relations.