[조직행동론] 피들러 상황리더십 이론(Fiedler`s Contingency Theory)(영문)
II. Research design
III. Gaps between Fiedler’s Contingency Theory and real world
IV. Why Fiedler’s theory does not fit in real world
V. Conclusion: Growing importance of Flexibility and Person-Organization fit
Judging from these instances from a couple of interviews, we face the inevitable question, ‘Why Fiedler’s contingency leadership theory does not fit with modern job condition?’Before answering that question, it would be helpful for us to categorize the characteristics of modern society.
We can conjure up the idea about status quo which is described as the increase of complexity, diversity, rapid speed in industry to solve this question. In the past, the industry structure was simple and there were not many kinds of category and just simply-structured industries like a cottage industry only existed. There were not many leadership styles since there were not many industry categories. Even after entering heavy industry era in Korea, every Korean leader encouraged the nation to participate in the collaborative work which the government had directed under the name of ‘Sae-ma-eul movement’. In this national condition, almost every leader’s leadership style and organizational culture were likely to be a task-oriented and a top-down structure.
In contrast, there are variety industries and companies, which can be referred to as ‘Micro Trend’ as of late. A series of implementation of modern complexity have changed the leader’s behavior. For instance, during the interview with a director of Credit Suisse, Mr. Kim, we were told that even if people mostly say that security company always emphasizes on ‘returns’, there are many problems when subordinates plan to move on another security company because of differences of organization culture, which means shared mental framework in organization. Also, Employees, nowadays, are advised to express their own abilities and talents in the company as you read the interview result with Mr. Kim, and

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