Four contingency leadership theories appear more prominently in recent years : Fiedler contingency model, Vroom-Yetton decision model, the path-goal theory, and the Hersey-Blanchard situational theory.
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The basis of path-goal theory uses a similar view of leadership, in that it advocates different types of leadership ( e . g ., participative, supportive ) behaviors, much like innovation leadership does.
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The idea of a single leader using different leadership behaviors originated in path-goal theory, and has been associated with the framework underlying innovation leadership, which also allows the creation of a work environment conducive to innovative thinking which is the cognitive process of generating novel and useful ideas.
