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Zonca, Joshua; Coricelli, Giorgio; Polonio, Luca – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2020
In our everyday life, we often need to anticipate the potential occurrence of events and their consequences. In this context, the way we represent contingencies can determine our ability to adapt to the environment. However, it is not clear how agents encode and organize available knowledge about the future to react to possible states of the…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Individual Differences, Task Analysis, Futures (of Society)
Blake, Robert; Mouton, Jane Srygley – Training, 1978
Utilizing the terminology of the Managerial Grid (a two-dimensional model clarifying the behavioral dynamics of a manager's concern for both people and productivity), the team builder is advocated as the most effective leadership style. Presents a rebuttal to the counter belief that leadership styles should change with the situation. (EM)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Contingency Management, Leadership, Leadership Qualities
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Downey, Ronald G.; Kirkeide, Loren – 1978
Many criticisms of Fiedler's contingency model focus upon the LPC (Least Preferred Coworker) scale. The characteristics of the LPC scale were investigated in two studies. Experiment 1 focused upon determining the factor structure of LPC and relevance ratings, while Experiment 2 dealt with relationships among LPC, relevance, and self-ratings.…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, College Students
Mai-Dalton, Renate – 1975
Using Fiedler's Contingency Model of Leadership Effectiveness, which postulates that the behavior of a leader depends on the interaction between leadership style and the degree to which the environment gives the leader control and influence, a study investigated the effects of training and changes in position power on the behavior of three types…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administration, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns