آزمون مفروضات تيوري اقتضاي فيدلر در دانشكده ها و گروه هاي تربيت بدني دانشگاه هاي سراسر كشور

Examination of Fiedler Contingency Theory in Physical Education Departments and Faculties in Higher Education University

The purpose of this study was to validate and extend fiedler contingency model for leadership effectiveness. This research extended the model into physical education setting by studing the managers of physical education departments and faculties in Iran higher education universities. Data were collected from 25 managers (100% of total) and 145 academic members (81% of total) of physical education departments and faculties. Leadership style by the managersʹ scores by the least preferred Co-Worker Scale (LPC) and situational favorableness based on leader member relations and leadership effectiveness by the performance of educational division scale (FED) were determinde. According to Fiedler Contingency Theory, hypothesis 1 predicted that task-oriented managers perform their best in favorable situations, hypothesis 2 predicted that relationship-oriented managers perform their best in situations of moderate favorableness and hypothesis 3 predicted that task-oriented managers perform their best in unfavorable situations. The results supported the first hypothesis and did not confirm the second one. Since there was no unvavorable leadership situation, the shire hypothesis could not be tested.lt showed that in general there is not a total applicability of the theory to higher education. Also, it indicated a need for further research on the model using a more heterogeneous sample.