Contingency Approach

The Fiedler model shows that effective leadership depends on how a leader's traits and the surrounding context interact.

Hersey and Blanchard's model defines effective leadership based on leadership style and maturity of follower(s).

The Path-Goal theory argues that a leader's role is to help followers achieve both personal and organizational goals.

The Vroom-Yetton-Jago model is a leadership theory of how to make group decisions.