Task Versus Person Orientation

• Person-oriented leaders act in warm and supportive manner and show concern for their subordinates
• Task-oriented leaders define and structure their own roles and those of their subordinates to attain the group’s formal goals
• Team – both task and person oriented
• Impoverished – neither task nor person oriented
• Middle-of-the-road – moderate amounts of both orientations
• Leadership Opinion Questionnaire – filled out by supervisors who want to know their behavioral styl
• Leader Behavior Description Questionnaire – provide picture of how they perceive their leader’s behavior
• Women = more person oriented