Reference no: EM132609158

1) The HR department at Basic Elements, a software development firm, has begun testing employee personality and preferences to reorganize their teams such that team members and leaders are matched. They believe that this will enable them to ensure smooth functioning and greater cohesion. As a part of this test, employees were given the least preferred co-worker questionnaire. The employees were asked to think of all the co-workers they had in the past and describe the one they least enjoyed working with by rating that person on a scale of 1 to 8 for each of 16 sets of contrasting adjectives. Rachel's LPC score was high, while Victor's was low. Many employees like Ashley had LPC scores that were moderate.

(a) Compare leadership styles of Rachel, Victor, and Ashley based on their LPC scores.

(b) According to Fiedler's leadership model, which one among Rachel, Victor and Ashley, will be a more effective leader in a situation where (1) leader member relations are of low quality, (2) the task is complex, (3) and the leader does not have high position power?