It does not have to be the person you like least well, but should be the person with whom you had the most difficulty in getting a job done. The Three Contingency Dimensions Leader Member Relations degree to which members trust and like the leader and are willing to follow. Task Structure degree to which subordinate's job assignments are clarified. Leader Position Power the degree of influence the leader has to initiate power factors. Criticisms of the Model Research findings provide conflicting results.
Field studies fall short of providing complete support for the model.
There is a serious question about the construct validity of the LPC scale. A widely used model of leadership, Situational Leadership Theory is a contingency theory that focuses on the followers. Leadership will be successful when the leadership style used is appropriate for the level of the follower's maturity. This emphasis on the followers reflects Sociological arguments that it is the followers who accept or reject the leader. Thus leadership effectiveness is contingent on the followers' actions.