School Leadership: Qualitative Mapping of Fiedler Model Renu Yadav*, Shashi Kala** * Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Central University of Haryana, Haryana, India. Email: ryadavrenu@gmail.com ** Research Scholar, Department of Education, Central University of Haryana, Haryana, India. Article can be accessed online at http://www.publishingindia.com Abstract With the growing demands of technological revolution and increasing demands of leadership, schools have become the hubs of knowledge, reaction and dissemination. The higher education scenario is dependent on school education thus the academic environment of school will create lifelong impact on learner’s mind. Previous researches suggest leadership approach creates an impact on school environment and learning of students. There are many suggestive approaches for leadership but Fiedler model of leadership is significant which creates an impact on school environment and provides amicable surrounding for school staff. The present study found most of the principals of schools are are person oriented. Keywords: Fiedler Model, School Leadership, School Environment Situatonal Approach or Contngency Approach The trait approach of leadership has paved way for many other approaches. The situational approach emerged which depends mainly on situational factors like the task to be completed or the leader, follower Fred Fiedler’s theory of leadership talks about the situational approach in 1950’s and 60’s. In his opinion the individual traits of a leader are constant and can’t be altered. The situations, a leader faces, vary. The leader has to adapt as per the demands of the situation. He says that leaders may be either task oriented or relationship oriented. Leader’s focus remains either on the task or his goal. His/her focus may be fxed on creating positive relationship, bonhomie and camaraderie. A leader determines situation favourableness by examining leader-member relations, task-structure and position power. In this approach Fiedler Model is very popular. Fiedler’s Contngency Model Fiedler’s contingency theory postulates that there is no single best way for managers to lead. Styles are based on the situations. Fiedler postulated three types of leadership approach- • Leader member relations: This approach depends on the degree of confdence, trust, and respect between leaders and subordinates. • Task structure: In this approach leader focus is on task and not on the relationship. But this approach is not applicable on all situations. • Position power: The degree of infuence a leader has over power variables, such as hiring, fring, disci- pline, promotions, and salary increment. Conceptual Framework The assessment of the leadership potential is done on the basis of his or her preference as to whether he or she is task oriented or relationship oriented. The task oriented leaders perform better at the extremes, either at the favourable end when the task is structured, the position power is good and there is better relationship with the team members, and on the other end when all these factors are not favouring and leader fnds himself or herself at the unfavourable end. But the relationship oriented leader performs better at the moderate position and not when the conditions are extremes. The leaders can adjust these environment variables to suit their needs.