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PhD Psychology University of Chicago
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According to Wikipedia, Fred Edward Fiedler was one of the leading researchers of industrial and organizational psychology in the 20th century. He helped shape psychology and was a leading psychologist. He was born in Vienna, Austria to Victor and Helga Schallinger Fiedler. His parents owned a textile and tailoring supply store prior to 1938. Fiedler immigrated to the United States shortly after the Anschluss in 1938 and became a US citizen in 1943. He served in the US Army from 1942 to 1945. He studied psychology at the University of Chicago where he obtained his undergraduate degree and later a Ph.D. in clinical psychology in 1949. In 1951, he joined the University of Illinois and became a member of the psychology faculty. He became the director of the Group Effectiveness Laboratory at the University of Illinois from 1959 to 1969.

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A Theory of Leadership Effectiveness. (1968) (4157)
A Contingency Model of Leadership Effectiveness1 (1964) (887)
Research on Leadership Selection and Training: One View of the Future (1996) (397)
New Approaches to Effective Leadership: Cognitive Resources and Organizational Performance (1987) (391)
The Contingency Model and the Dynamics of the Leadership Process1 (1978) (382)
The Culture Assimilator: An Approach to Cross-Cultural Training. Technical Report. (1970) (373)
Validation and extension of the contigency model of leadership effectiveness: a review of empirical findings. (1971) (352)
Leadership and effective management (1974) (337)
A comparison of therapeutic relationships in psychoanalytic, nondirective and Adlerian therapy. (1950) (270)
The concept of an ideal therapeutic relationship. (1950) (255)
Improving Leadership Effectiveness: The Leader Match Concept (1976) (209)
The effect of leadership and cultural heterogeneity on group performance: A test of the contingency model (1966) (148)
Engineer the job to fit the manager. (1965) (138)
Assumed similarity measures as predictors of team effectiveness. (1953) (129)
The Effects of Leadership Training and Experience: A Contingency Model Interpretation. (1972) (116)
Factor analyses of psychoanalytic, nondirective, and Adlerian therapeutic relationships. (1951) (116)
The contingency model of leadership effectiveness: Its levels of analysis (1995) (114)
Leadership theory and research: A report of progress. (1994) (106)
Personality, Motivational Systems, and Behavior of High and Low LPC Persons (1972) (106)
Leadership experience and leader performance—another hypothesis shot to hell☆ (1970) (105)
Unconscious attitudes as correlates of sociometric choice in a social group. (1952) (104)
Cognitive Resources and Leadership Performance (1995) (99)
The Contribution of Cognitive Resources and Leader Behavior to Organizational Performance1 (1986) (95)
The leadership situation and the black box in contingency theories. (1993) (92)
The Effects of Programmed Culture Training upon the Performance of Volunteer Medical Teams in Central America (1971) (86)
Leadership Effectiveness (1981) (77)
Some Effects of Cultural Training on Leadership in Heterocultural Task Groups (1966) (76)
The Contingency Model: Criticism and Suggestions (1970) (74)
Leader attitudes, group climate, and group creativity. (1962) (71)
A method of objective quantification of certain countertransference attitudes. (1951) (71)
Quasi-therapeutic effects of intergroup competition. (1966) (68)
Leadership functions of middle managers. (1968) (61)
The leadership game: Matching the man to the situation (1976) (58)
The Utilization of Staff Member Intelligence and Experience Under High and Low Stress (1981) (52)
Quantitative studies on the role of therapists' feelings toward their patients. (1953) (51)
Organizational stress and the use and misuse of managerial intelligence and experience. (1979) (51)
Cognitive resource theory and the utilization of the leader's and group members' technical competence (1992) (49)
Changes in organizational leadership and the behavior of relationship- and task-motivated leaders. (1976) (47)
An exploratory study of group creativity in laboratory tasks (1961) (47)
The Curious Role of Cognitive Resources in Leadership (2001) (45)
Age and Sex Differences in the Perception of Persons (1961) (43)
Reading 20 The Contingency Model: A Theory of Leadership Effectiveness (2008) (40)
The contingency model—A reply to ashour (1973) (39)
Leader intelligence and task performance: A test of a multiple screen model☆ (1977) (38)
A field experiment validating contingency model leadership training. (1979) (38)
THE EFFECT OF PARTICIPATORY AND SUPERVISORY LEADERSHIP ON GROUP CREATIVITY (1964) (38)
Validation of Contingency Model Leadership Training: Leader Match (1977) (38)
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CONTINGENCY MODEL TRAINING: A REVIEW OF THE VALIDATION OF LEADER MATCH (1979) (38)
Effect of interpersonal stress on the prediction of academic performance. (1983) (36)
The Psychological-Distance Dimension in Interpersonal Relations1 (1953) (35)
The Effect of Leadership Style Upon the Performance and Adjustment of Volunteer Teams Operating in Stressful Foreign Environment (1969) (35)
The influence of leader-keyman relations on combat crew effectiveness. (1955) (35)
Stress, babble, and the utilization of the leader's intellectual abilities (1993) (34)
Interrelations among measures of personality adjustment in nonclinical populations. (1958) (34)
The Effective Utilization of Intellectual Abilities and Job‐relevant Knowledge in Group Performance: Cognitive Resource Theory and an Agenda for the Future (1989) (33)
Note on the methodology of the Graen, Orris, and Alvares studies testing the contingency model. (1971) (33)
Culture Training: Validation Evidence for the Culture Assimilator (1972) (31)
The Measurement of Scholarly Work: A Critical Review of the Literature. (1971) (30)
Leader's contribution to task performance in cohesive and uncohesive groups. (1963) (30)
Increasing Mine Productivity and Safety Through Management Training and Organization Development: A Comparative Study (1984) (30)
Task-Oriented and Quasi-Therapeutic Role Functions of the Leader in Small Military Groups (1960) (29)
An exploratory study of unconscious feeling reactions in fifteen patient-therapist pairs. (1952) (29)
Computer-Aided Cognitive Training of the Aged (2001) (29)
Time-based measures of leadership experience and organizational performance: A review of research and a preliminary model. (1992) (28)
LEADERSHIP AND GROUP CREATIVITY UNDER VARYING CONDITIONS OF STRESS (1965) (28)
The Role of Personal Risk-Taking in Effective Leadership (1983) (28)
Leader intelligence, interpersonal stress, and task performance. (1994) (27)
Leadership Experience and Leadership Performance (1994) (27)
Leader attitudes and group effectiveness : final report of ONR project NR170-106, N6-ori-07135 (1958) (27)
Quasi-therapeutic relations in small college and military groups. (1959) (27)
Managerial control and organizational democracy (1978) (24)
How do you make leaders more effective? New answers to an old puzzle (1972) (23)
The effect of military leadership training: A test of the contingency model. (1972) (22)
A Note on Leadership Theory: The Effect of Social Barriers Between Leaders and Followers (1957) (21)
Port noise complaints: verbal and behavioral reactions to airport-related noise. (1975) (20)
The influence of intelligence, task ability and motivation on group performance. (1976) (20)
Correlates of Performance in Community Colleges (1974) (19)
A comparison of leadership vs. renovation in changing staff values. (1999) (18)
Interpersonal perceptions of open-hearth foremen and steel production. (1956) (18)
Age, sex, and religious background as determinants of interpersonal perception among Dutch children: A cross-cultural validation (1962) (18)
Personality and Situational Determinants of Leader Behavior (1971) (18)
The role of intelligence and experience in successful group performance. (1989) (18)
The leadership situation: a missing factor in selecting and training managers (1998) (17)
Reflections by an accidental theorist (1995) (16)
HYPNOTICALLY INDUCED LEADER ATTITUDES AND GROUP CREATIVITY (1961) (15)
The psychological distance dimension in interpersonal relations. (1953) (15)
When IQ + experience = performance (2001) (14)
The free drawing test as a predictor of non-improvement in psychotherapy. (1949) (13)
An exploratory investigation of the self-concept of stutterers. (1951) (13)
Small Group Discussion in Orientation and Teaching.@@@Strategies of Leadership in Conducting Adult Education Programs.@@@Learning to Work in Groups: A Program Guide for Educational Leaders. (1960) (12)
Predicting the effects of leadership training and experience from the contingency model: a clarification. (1973) (12)
The Contribution of Cognitive Resources and Behavior to Leadership Performance (1986) (12)
Differentiation matching. (1971) (12)
APPLICATION OF A NEW SYSTEM OF INTERACTION ANALYSIS TO THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LEADER ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR IN PROBLEM SOLVING GROUPS. (1964) (12)
THE LEADER'S PERCEPTION OF CO-WORKERS, GROUP CLIMATE, AND GROUP CREATIVITY: A CROSS VALIDATION (1961) (12)
Member Reactions to Success and Failure of Task Groups (1970) (11)
An investigation of determinants inducing individuals to seek personal counseling. (1958) (11)
Interpersonal perception scores and their components as predictors of personal adjustment. (1961) (10)
14 – THE LEADERSHIP GAME: MATCHING THE MAN TO THE SITUATION (1985) (10)
The Effect of Leadership Experience and Training in Structured Military Tasks. A Test of the Contingency Model. (1971) (10)
Group Performance Under Experienced and Inexperienced Leaders; A Validation Experiment. (1968) (9)
The Measurement of Scholarly Work in Academic Institutions: A Critical Review of the Literature. (1970) (9)
Who Speaks for the Community?1 (1971) (8)
The visibility of organizational culture in a long-term care facility. (1998) (8)
Perceived Similarity, Personality, and Attraction to Large Organizations (1973) (7)
Participative Management, Member Intelligence, and Group Performance. (1973) (7)
“Cognitive Resources and Leadership Performance”: A Rejoinder (1995) (7)
Proactive ways to improve leadership performance. (2002) (7)
Impact of moderate alcohol consumption on business decision making (1989) (6)
The Effect of Changes in Command Environment on the Behavior of Relationship- and Task-Motivated Leaders. (1975) (6)
A note on Zimmer and Pepyne's study comparing counselor response. (1971) (5)
CORRECTION AND EXTENSION OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF INTERPERSONAL PERCEPTION TO EFFECTIVENESS IN BASKETBALL TEAMS (1953) (5)
THE EFFECT OF CULTURAL HETEROGENEITY, LEADER POWER, AND LEADER ATTITUDES ON GROUP PERFORMANCE: A TEST OF THE CONTINGENCY MODEL (1965) (5)
The First Job After Graduation as a Measure of Departmental Performance. (1969) (5)
The trouble with assumptions: A reply to Jago and Ragan. (1986) (5)
TESTS, QUESTIONNAIRES AND TASKS OF THE GROUP EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH LABORATORY: 1951-1964 (1965) (5)
Selection, Management, and Performance of Food Service Personnel (1978) (4)
An experimental approach to preventive psychotherapy. (1949) (4)
A CONTINGENCY MODEL FOR THE PREDICTION OF LEADER SHIP EFFECTIVENESS (1963) (4)
LEADER MATCH IV: Programmed Instruction in Leadership for the U.S. Army (1977) (4)
LEADERSHIP STYLE AND THE PERFORMANCE OF CO-ACTING GROUPS (1966) (3)
The Effect of Situational Change on Individual Behavior and Performance: An Extension of the Contingency Model. (1974) (3)
SOCIAL PERCEPTION AND GROUP EFFECTIVENESS (1953) (3)
THE EFFECT OF LEADERSHIP STYLE AND LEADER BEHAVIOR ON GROUP CREATIVITY UNDER STRESS. (1967) (3)
On the Death and Transfiguration of Leadership Training. (1971) (3)
ROTC Validation Study of LEADER MATCH IV, Programmed Instruction in Leadership for the US Army (1978) (2)
Selecting Leaders: Making the Most of Previous Experience (1993) (2)
Physical Disability and Interpersonal Perception (1958) (2)
Racial similarity as a moderator variable in the perception of leader behavior and control (1977) (2)
Welfare for the Unemployed: The Rise and Fall of a Social Experiment (1984) (2)
The relationship of interpersonal perception to effectiveness in basketball teams / report No. 3 (1952) (2)
Match the manager and the milieu: testing the contingency model. (1980) (2)
The effectiveness of leadership training: A reply to Argyris. (1978) (2)
The Leader's Contribution to Performance in Cohesive and Uncohesive Task Groups. (1962) (2)
The Effects of Experimentally Modified Interpersonal Perceptions on Social Behavior and Adjustment, and A Factor Analytic Examination of Some Dimensions of Interpersonal Perception. (1960) (2)
A Contingency Model Approach to Leadership Training. (1972) (1)
A Simulator Study of the Effect of Information Load and Datalink on Crew Error (1994) (1)
Responses to Sergiovanni. (1979) (1)
Book Review:Individual Behavior and Group Achievement-A Theory: The Experimental Evidence. Ralph M. Stogdill (1959) (1)
The Effect of Situational Favorableness of Leader and Member Perceptions of Leader Behavior. (1975) (1)
Using stress management training to enhance leader performance and the utilization of intellectual abilities during stressful military training (2013) (1)
Life in a Pretzel-Shaped Universe (2018) (1)
Leader style and accomplishment of groups acting together. (1967) (1)
Inaccurate reporting and inappropriate variables: a reply to Vecchio's (1990) examination of cognitive resource theory. (1992) (1)
Choices of Fraternity Presidents for Leadership and Maintenance Roles (1958) (1)
THE EFFECT OF CULTURE TRAINING ON LEADERSHIP ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE, AND ADJUSTMENT (1968) (1)
The effects of leadership personality and stress on leader behavior. Implications for nursing practice. (2001) (1)
The Contribution of Group Members' Cognitive Resources to the Effectiveness of Small Groups (1990) (1)
Communication, Cooperation, and Negotiation in Culturally Heterogeneous Groups. (1964) (1)
Past-President Charles Spielberger announced the names of the new Fellows, and President Michael Frese handed out the Fellow certificates to those present. (2006) (0)
People, management, and productivity : featuring Io Enterprises, a microcomputer simulation (1986) (0)
THE RELATION OF OPEN HEARTH FOREMEN'S INTERPERSONAL PERCEPTIONS TO STEEL PRODUCTION (1955) (0)
THE EFFECTS OF INTER-GROUP COMPETITION IN QUASI-THERAPEUTIC LEADERS ON THE ADJUSTMENT OF SMALL MILITARY GROUPS. (1966) (0)
New strategies for leadership utilization (2017) (0)
Investigation of Job Attitudes for Journey-Level Engineering Technicians and Transportation Engineers (1987) (0)
EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH LABORATORY DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA , ILLINOIS Multlmode Factor analysle of Interpersonal Perceptions (2013) (0)
Good leadership: nature or nurture. (1954) (0)
Cost-Effectiveness-Architectural Renovation Versus Leadership Training (2011) (0)
Saudi Arabic Language and Culture Familiarization Course: Arab Cultural Assimilator, Books 1-5. Reprint. (1966) (0)
THE EFFECT OF STRESS ON THE CONTRIBUTION OF MEMBER INTELLIGENCE TO GROUP CREATIVITY. (1966) (0)
Interpersonal Stress as a Moderator of Experience and Intelligence Utilization: Industrial/Organizational. (1981) (0)
CITY OF CARSON PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REPORT (2007) (0)
The Ubiquity of Leadership. (1961) (0)
Group Effectiveness Research Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill.; final report, December 1968 (1969) (0)
Manager and the Milieu (1980) (0)
A PARTIAL EVALUATION OF BLOCH AND NIEDERHOFFER'S THEORY OF GANG DELINQUENCY (1973) (0)
Leadership Factors Influencing the Performance of Educational Institutions. Final Report. (1974) (0)
Cm Organizational Research ^5 Yöepa Epartment of Psychology @bullet University of Washington, Seattle, Washjngton (2013) (0)
Least Preferred Co-worker Scale (2012) (0)
AS A FUNCTION OF ACADEMIC AREA (2007) (0)
Organizational development in mining (1983) (0)
TWO-CHOICE CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY LEARNING WITH MEANINGFUL AND NON-MEANINGFUL STIMULI, (1962) (0)
The effects of stress on small group performance (1965) (0)
Leadership Performance in Complex Organizations (1976) (0)
INTERPERSONAL PERCEPTION AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT OF GROUP MEMBERS (1961) (0)
Leadership Experience and Organizational Performance. (1997) (0)
EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH LABORATORY DEPAPTTIENT OF PSYCHOLOCY UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA , ILLINOIS Further Considerations of the Implicative Meaning Procedure ; A Replication and Extension (2013) (0)
\fi ORGANIZATIONAL O RESEARCH (2013) (0)
GROUP AND ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS INFLUENCING CREATIVITY (1962) (0)

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