scholarly journals From relationship orientation to task orientation: On the digitalization of clinical leaders

Author(s):  
Inger Johanne Pettersen ◽  
Elsa Solstad
2010 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-92
Author(s):  
Kisuk Cho ◽  
Minam Sohn ◽  
Jisook Hong

This study attempts to present a global leadership model, which incorporates effective global leadership competencies and makes empirical assessments possible. This global leadership model captures the dynamic interaction of five dimensions of leadership competencies based on common denominators effective: global leadership extracted from former research. The study also explores empirical applicability of the model in Korean companies and the results confirm some assumptions of the model by illustrating that there exists tension between task-orientation and relationship-orientation in the organizations.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 6-20
Author(s):  
Bahaudin G. Mujtaba ◽  
Tipakorn Senathip ◽  
Jatuporn Sungkhawan

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the leadership styles and approaches that are linked to Afghan and Thai respondents by exploring their task and relationship orientations to glean best practices for application in the war-torn nation of Afghanistan. To continue gathering more data, we have consistently been using Northouse’s Style Questionnaire to collect responses from different cultures over the past two decades. More specifically, for this latest study, we compared the leadership orientations of working adult respondents from Thailand and Afghanistan based on their nationality and socialization in each culture on the task and relationship-orientation continuum of leadership. To gain practical insights across these two Asian cultures, we reflect and explore the Afghan orientation and compare it with the cultural practices of people in Thailand, where politicians have managed their political affairs more peacefully with their neighbors. Both Afghanistan and Thailand’s cultures are rooted in thousands of years of Asian philosophies, and both are high-context and collective; therefore, people are presumed to be more relationship-oriented, and this study found statistically significant support for this presumption. While respondents from both countries do have a stronger focus on their relationships, data shows that their task orientation is significantly lower. Analysis, recommendations for inclusion training, dealing with societal / workplace mobbing, and the study’s limitations are presented toward the end of the paper. The findings are useful for training purposes with managers, political leaders, and expatriates working in these two South and East Asian countries. For example, currently the political leaders in Afghanistan are working with the international community to unite all Afghans so they can become less dependent on foreign forces to keep the country peaceful. As such, they can capitalize on their task and relationship orientation skills to work on this gigantic task. Similarly, as of May 2021, Thailand has been experiencing another wave of the Covid-19 coronavirus, with about 10,000 infection cases on some days; as such, Thai leaders have to build strong relationships with everyone in the country to effectively manage this task of limiting the spread of this deadly infection through strict quarantine rules and quick vaccination of their large population.


2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-39
Author(s):  
Bahaudin G. Mujtaba

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the leadership tendencies of Afghan and Japaneserespondents by exploring their task and relationship orientations. While there are many published studies onthe Japanese work culture and leadership practices, research about Afghan working adults is limited. Usingthe Style Questionnaire, this research collected and compared the leadership orientations of 400 respondentsfrom each country based on national culture on the task and relationship-orientation continuums. To deepenthe understanding of Afghan leadership tendencies, we explore their culture of “guzaara” (getting along)practices. Similarly, we discuss the Japanese concept of “ba” (interactive knowledge creation) as one exampleof a best practice that can be benchmarked by others in society. Both Afghanistan and Japan are high-contextcultures; therefore, people are expected to be more relationship-oriented. While respondents from bothcountries do have a stronger focus on their relationships, data shows that Afghans have a significantly higherscore on both the task-orientation as well as relationship-orientation continuums, compared to their Japanesecounterparts. Implications, recommendations and limitations of the study are provided. The findings thatJapanese and Afghan employees are indeed focused on their relationships, and that they have a moderatelyhigh task orientation scores, are useful for managers and expatriates working in these two Asian countries.


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-38
Author(s):  
Anissa Lestari Kadiyono ◽  
Gianti Gunawan

The objective of this research is to describe the type of Indonesian leader expected by millennials based on the exploration of task, relationship, and change orientation. Millennials are currently reaching 30% of the Indonesian population. Their voices can determine what kind of leaders that are expected to lead Indonesia. This research is a quantitative method with a survey technique. The sampling method conducted using convenience sampling and there are 275 respondents who are millennial beginner voters, consisting of students from 26 universities spread across Indonesia. The results show that the value that should be in the leader according to millennials is leaders who showed the real work, responsible, and decisive person. The change orientation shows a higher domination compared to the orientation of the task orientation and relationship orientation.


2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 199-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bahaudin G. Mujtaba ◽  
Naseem Habib .

The management styles of people are influenced by their cultural contexts and urgency of completing tasks. For example, it is expected that people will get things done in a speedy manner when their jobs are on the line, but they will still try to minimize the negative impact to their relationships. To explore the leadership tendencies of working adults in the Pakistani workplace, this paper focused on comparing the leadership orientation of 232 respondents based on their age and gender. Pakistanis have a significantly higher score on task orientation. Their relationship orientation score is also on the moderately high range. The high score on both leadership dimensions reflects on their cultural orientation. Practical suggestions for expatriates and implications for future studies are presented.


2009 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vera Sacharin ◽  
Fiona Lee ◽  
Richard Gonzalez

Professional women's identity integration—the perceived compatibility between work and gender identities—plays a role in how task or relationship information is processed. Seventy female business school students were primed with either their professional or their gender identity. Business women with higher identity integration showed an assimilation effect to the primed cue. Specifically, they showed higher task orientation than relationship orientation in a recognition task when primed with their professional identity, but less so when primed with their gender identity. Business women with lower identity integration showed a contrast effect to the primed cue: Their recognition reflected a task-relationship orientation opposite to the primed cue. We discuss the implications of these findings for understanding women's performance at work.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (06) ◽  
pp. 656-662
Author(s):  
Sutrisno a ◽  
◽  
Juhri Abdul Muin ◽  
Syaripudin Basyar ◽  
Guntur Cahaya Kesuma ◽  
...  

This study was aimed to find 1) the concept of work culture in Islamic school based on pesantren, 3) the principle leadership behavior of Islamic school based onpesantren in building thework culture , and3) the effect of principle leadership behavior of Islamic school based onpesantren in building thework culture. The results of this research shows thatfirst, the concept of work culture in islamic school based on pesantren is Transculturation pesantren-value model , second, the principle leadership behavior in building the work culture applied the task orientation, relationship orientation, and spiritual values orientation. Third, the principal leadership behavior in building a work culture in Islamic school based on pesantren has effect and contribute to the affectivecommitment, normative commitment, job satisfaction and lack of turnover intentions, and also the involvement of workingphysically, emotionally, and cognitively.


2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Cislak

Three studies explored the relationship between power and the perception of others in terms of agency and communion. In Study 1, participants taking a manager perspective were more interested in the agency of their future employee than those asked to take a subordinate perspective were in the agency of their future employer. Moreover, they showed more interest in the agency than in the communion of their future employee. Study 2 extended these findings to perceptions of others unrelated to the context of work. In Study 3, participants taking the manager perspective favored agency traits in their employee more than those taking the subordinate perspective favored agency in their employer. This effect was mediated by an increased task orientation among those in positions of greater relative power. Using two manipulations and three dependent measures, power was found to enhance the focus on the agency dimension across the three studies, mediated by increases in orientation to tasks versus relationships.


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