| Characteristic | Will tend to neutralize | |
Relationship-oriented, supportive, people-centred leadership: coordination, support and interaction facilitation | Task-oriented, instrumental, job-centred leadership; initiating structure, goal emphasis, and work facilitation | ||
| Of the subordinate |
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1. | Ability, experience, training, knowledge |
| X |
2. | Need for independence | X | X |
3. | “Professional” orientation | X | X |
4. | Indifference to organizational reward | X | X |
| Of the task |
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5. | Unambiguous and routine |
| X |
6. | Methodologically invariant |
| X |
7. | Provides its own feedback concerning accomplishment |
| X |
8. | Intrinsically satisfying | X |
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| Of the organization |
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9. | Formalization (explicit plans, goals, and area of responsibility) |
| X |
10. | Inflexibility (rigid, unbending rules and procedures) |
| X |
11. | Highly-specified and active advisory and staff functions |
| X |
12. | Closely-knit, cohesive groups | X | X |
13. | Organizational rewards not within the leader’s control | X | X |
14. | Spatial distance between superior and subordinates | X | X |