Fiedler, Fred E.

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FIEDLER, Fred E.

FIEDLER, Fred E. American (born Austria), b. 1922. Genres: Administration/Management, Psychology. Career: University of Illinois, Urbana, professor of psychology, 1951-69; University of Washington, Seattle, professor of psychology, and professor of mgmt. and organization, 1969-, now professor of psychology emeritus. Publications: Leader Attitudes and Group Effectiveness, 1958; (with E.P. Godfrey and D.M. Hall) Boards, Management and Company Success, 1959; A Theory of Leadership Effectiveness, 1967; (with M.M. Chemers) Leadership and Effective Management, 1974; (ed. with others) Managerial Control and Organizational Democracy, 1976; (with others) Improving Leadership Effectiveness: The Leader Match Concept, 1977, 1984; (with J.E. Garcia) New Approaches to Effective Leadership: Cognitive Resources and Organizational Performance, 1987; (with J.E. Garcia and C.T. Lewis) People, Management, and Productivity, 1985. Address: Dept. of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, U.S.A.

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