• Journal of the HCI Society of Korea
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.17-20
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• 2011

The contingency theory of leadership was proposed by F. Fiedler. In his theory, he divided the group into Task oriented and Relationship-oriented people based on work-style by LPC(Least Preffered Co-workers) test. This survey searches significance of interaction usage depending on which group has more aggressive interaction on the address list with mobile phones focusing on the differences between mainfunctions (name, cell phone, group name) and sub-functions (birthday, Photo, E-mail). Itis the hypothesis that the relationship-oriented group has more interaction than the task-oriented group which was identified through the analyzed usage of the address list. Results show that the contingency theory was not appropriately related with the research. Interaction usage by the following task based on Fiedler's contingency theory of leadership isn't related much. However, by discovering the interesting patterns by the test, this research is able to guide human-centered address design directions.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.19
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• pp.1-34
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• 1992

The purpose of the present study is to analyze leadership of the public library organization in Korea using Fiedler's Contingency Theory. The study is only to analyze leader-member relations, task structure, position power of the public library organization in Korea by questionnaire method. After follow-up mailing, of the 143 responses received from librarians in 16 public libraries of Pusan and Kyung Sang Nam Do, 111 responses are analyzed. The results are summarized as follows: 1. Leader-member relations of public library organization in Korea are good. 2. The task of public library organization in Korea is unstructured. 3. The position power of public library organization in Korea is strong. In the light of this situation, relationship-oriented leaders will be more effective than task-oriented leaders in the Korean public library organization.