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Appendix D

Contingency Theory of Leadership

|Description of work environment               |I have hired a gay man to do dishes.   He is a trustworthy man from all of the phone |
|                                               |references and past employers, but most of my employees have a problem with gay men,|
|                                               |never the less I would love to have him as a employee because he would do him job   |
|                                               |correctly and I would love to give him a chance to move up in my business when       |
|                                               |another job description opens.                                                       |
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In the table below, categorize different leadership approaches that could be used in the work environment you have described. Provide different suggestions for each of the four approaches to leadership.

|Directive approach                                               |Supportive approach                                               |
|I provided guidance for all of my employees as how to best deal   |I understood that there were some mixed feelings with my         |
|with the situation of feeling uncomfortable with a gay man       |employees because the man that I was hiring was a gay man and     |
|employee.   I talked to all of them and said there will be not     |wanted all of my employees to feel comfortable and wanted them to|
|unwanted comments in the work place.   I provided all employees   |know there was no reason to... [continues]

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