scholarly journals Study Regarding the Leadership Styles Practiced in Catalan SMEs during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Laurențiu MIHAI
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Cultural Dimension ◽  
Maturity Level ◽  
Laissez Faire

This paper’s aim is to study the leadership styles practiced in Catalan SMEs during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research focuses on three leadership styles (autocratic/transactional, democratic/transformational and laissez-faire/liberal) and how these styles are influenced by Hofeste’s cultural dimension and other variables such as the SMEs’ maturity level and the respondents’ gender.

scholarly journals Leadership Styles Dimensions and Organizational Commitment Nexus: Evidence from a Public Sector in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Elena Jekelle ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Laissez Faire ◽  
Transformational Leadership Style ◽  
The Impact

Scholarly works have shown that one of the outstanding factors of organizational commitment has been leadership, which relates to the style adopted by the leader and the impact it has on the commitment level of employees for performance. The aim of this research was to explore the effect of leadership styles on organizational commitment. Transformational, transactional, and laissez faire styles of leadership were examined. A cross-sectional survey of 151 employees at a public sector agency in Abuja, Nigeria, was conducted. The research employed a quantitative approach to the collection of data using questionnaire administration. All questionnaire items were assessed using the five-point Likert scale. Inferential statistics in research was carried out using multiple regression technique to substantiate the survey findings. Based on the Great man theory, Contingency theory and Behavioural theory, the study confirms that transformational, transactional and laissez faire leadership styles and organizational commitment were statistically associated. In terms of contribution to the model, the explanatory variables jointly contributed 68.2 percent in explaining organizational commitment. On individual contribution, transformational leadership style contributed the most, 58.6 percent to the model while transactional leadership style contributed 11.8 percent to the model and finally laissez-faire leadership style contributed 11.2 percent to organizational commitment in the study context. The study therefore recommends that AEA should use continuous transformational leadership style practices to sustain high employee commitment and organizational effectiveness. Also, AEA should apply a bit of both transactional and laissez faire leadership styles from time to time depending on the situation of things at the workplace as there is no particular leadership style that is one-size fit all but depends on situation at hand. One realistic implication that could be learned from this study is that in order to minimize employee turnover, managers need to implement affirmative strategies that will benefit the establishment.

scholarly journals Leadership Styles Dimensions and Organizational Commitment Nexus: Evidence from a Public Sector in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Elena Jekelle
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Laissez Faire ◽  
Transformational Leadership Style ◽  
The Impact

Scholarly works have shown that one of the outstanding factors of organizational commitment has been leadership, which relates to the style adopted by the leader and the impact it has on the commitment level of employees for performance. The aim of this research was to explore the effect of leadership styles on organizational commitment. Transformational, transactional, and laissez faire styles of leadership were examined. A cross-sectional survey of 151 employees at a public sector agency in Abuja, Nigeria, was conducted. The research employed a quantitative approach to the collection of data using questionnaire administration. All questionnaire items were assessed using the five-point Likert scale. Inferential statistics in research was carried out using multiple regression technique to substantiate the survey findings. Based on the Great man theory, Contingency theory and Behavioural theory, the study confirms that transformational, transactional and laissez faire leadership styles and organizational commitment were statistically associated. In terms of contribution to the model, the explanatory variables jointly contributed 68.2 percent in explaining organizational commitment. On individual contribution, transformational leadership style contributed the most, 58.6 percent to the model while transactional leadership style contributed 11.8 percent to the model and finally laissez-faire leadership style contributed 11.2 percent to organizational commitment in the study context. The study therefore recommends that AEA should use continuous transformational leadership style practices to sustain high employee commitment and organizational effectiveness. Also, AEA should apply a bit of both transactional and laissez faire leadership styles from time to time depending on the situation of things at the workplace as there is no particular leadership style that is one-size fit all but depends on situation at hand. One realistic implication that could be learned from this study is that in order to minimize employee turnover, managers need to implement affirmative strategies that will benefit the establishment.

Impact of Leadership Styles on Job Performance; from Nurse’s Points of View at Benghazi Medical Centre

2021 ◽  
pp. 58-64
Author(s):  
Eman Alaqeli ◽  
Ainas Altarhuni ◽  
Nidaal Almabrook
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Medical Centre ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Laissez Faire ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Background and objectives. The relationship between leadership styles and job performance draws considerable attention from recent researchers. The main objective of this study was to determine the impact of leadership style (autocratic, democratic, and laissez-faire) on job performance from nurse’s points of view at Benghazi Medical Centre. Method. This study was a descriptive questionnaire-based study conducted on 100 nurses working at Benghazi Medical Centre, Libya. To analyze the data (mean, standard deviation, ANOVA test were used. Furthermore, multiple regressions and Pearson correlation were used to determine whether a relationship exists between the independent and dependent variables. Result. Of 100, only 60 questionnaires were completed, giving a response rate of 60%. The findings of this study indicated that democratic was the most dominantly used in the hospital, followed by the autocratic and laissez-faire leadership styles. Whereas, the laissez-faire leadership style had a strong positive and significant impact on performance (R2= .333; P < 0.01). Conclusion. Laissez-faire leadership style positively affected nurses’ performance. Future research that might be relevant to be further explored are worth.

IMPACT OF LEADERSHIP STYLES ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE: A MODERATING ROLE OF GENDER

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
pp. 27-52
Author(s):  
Omkar Dastane
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Democratic Leadership ◽  
Autocratic Leadership ◽  
Laissez Faire ◽  
The Impact

The impact of different leadership styles on employee performance was investigated in this study, whereby the proposed styles included transformational leadership, Laissez-Faire leadership, democratic leadership, and autocratic leadership. Concomitantly, the moderating effect of gender between such leadership styles and employee performance was also tested. The required data were collected by utilising a structured questionnaire and disseminating it through an online survey, engaging a sample size of 211 employees of multinational corporations in Malaysia selected using convenient sampling. Accordingly, IBM SPSS 24 was employed to conduct the reliability and normality assessment, while IBM SPSS AMOS 24 application was for the purpose of conducting the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), structural equation modelling (SEM), and moderation analysis. As a result, a positive and significant relationship was found between the transformational, Laissez-Faire, and democratic leadership styles towards employee performance in Malaysia, respectively. Furthermore, the relationship between autocratic leadership and employee performance was statistically insignificant following the hypothesis testing. Meanwhile, the impact of transformational and Laissez-Faire leadership styles on employee performance was fully moderated by gender, whereas the correlation between democratic leadership and employee performance was only partially moderated. In contrast, gender posed a statistically insignificant impact for autocratic leadership and employee performance association. Moreover, the effect of transformational leadership on employee performance was more pronounced in males compared to females. The effect of Laissez-Faire leadership on employee performance is more pronounced in �female� compared to �male�. Meanwhile, the effect of democratic leadership on the variable was more pronounced in females compared to males, but with a minimum difference. The managerial implications, limitations, and future research avenues are discussed accordingly.

scholarly journals An investigation into the effect of leadership style on stress-related presenteeism in South African knowledge workers

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Reuben George ◽  
Manoj Chiba ◽  
Caren B. Scheepers
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Leadership Development ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Job Stress ◽  
Transactional Leadership ◽  
Knowledge Workers ◽  
Quality Of Work Life ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
Organisational Performance ◽  
Laissez Faire

Orientation: Leadership styles influence knowledge workers’ job-stress-related presenteeism (JSRP) and, ultimately, organisational performance. Knowledge workers generally work under strict deadlines in fast-paced, stressful environments, and require organisational support.Research purpose: The objective of this study was to examine empirically the effect of three leadership styles, namely transformational, transactional and laissez-faire, on job-relatedstress presenteeism in knowledge workers across a number of industries in South Africa.Motivation for the study: Absenteeism has been the subject of much investigation but more research is required into the antecedents and consequences of presenteeism, the phenomenon of employees being physically present at work, but not fully functional and therefore unproductive. Illness as an antecedent to presenteeism has been studied, but limited attention has been given to presenteeism caused by stress. There are very few studies that investigate leadership styles as antecedents for JSRP and this study therefore sets out to provide quantitative evidence of this relationship.Research design, approach and method: The researchers used a cross-sectional quantitative approach within the positivism research philosophy. Two questionnaires were administered: the multifactor leadership questionnaire form 6S and the job-related-stress presenteeism questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and Pearson’s product-moment correlation were used to answer the research questions. The participants (N = 242) were knowledge workers, representing 12 widely categorised industries. The researchers analysed job role descriptions to ensure the respondents were all knowledge workers.Main findings: Transformational leadership has a higher negative correlation with JSRP than does transactional leadership, whereas laissez-faire leadership has no significant relationship with job stress or JSRP.Practical/managerial implications: The research provides a compelling case for investment into transformational and transactional leadership development by showing the preventative effect that transformational leadership and, to a lesser degree, transactional leadership, has on stress-associated presenteeism.Contribution/value-add: Presenteeism lowers organisational performance even more than absenteeism does, and exists at huge cost to employees’ quality of work-life. This empirical study, the first to use valid, reliable questionnaires to investigate the relationship between transformational, transactional and laissez-faire leadership on the one hand, and JSRP on the other, suggests that transformational leadership development should be prioritised.

scholarly journals Tingkat Kesesuaian Gaya Kepemimpinan Ketua dengan Kematangan Anggota Hubungannya dengan Partisipasi Anggota

TRIKONOMIKA ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 145
Author(s):  
Abd. Rahman Pakaya
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Hypothesis Test ◽  
Maturity Level ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Task Behavior ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this research is to know the leadership style’s compatibility level which including task behavior  and relationship behaviors, the maturity of the members and the relationship with the  with the participation of members of the Koperasi Unit Desa (KUD) in Gorontalo province. This study use 52 sample of KUD chairman and 140 sample members of KUD.  The calculation of the sample used proportional sampling. Data were collected by interviews and distributing questionnaires to respondent. Method of anayisis using descriptive qualitative analysis techniques and quantitative methods. Hypothesis test using Kruskal Wallis different test and the Chi Quadrat. Based on the statistical analysis results can be concluded: (1) the existence of the leadership styles differentiation of the chairman, (2) there are differences in maturity level of members, (3)  there is no leadership styles compatibility level of chairman toward the maturity of members in KUD at Gorontalo Province, and (4) there is a relationship of the chairman leadership style with the maturity of the members indicated from the participation of members.

scholarly journals Impact of Leadership Styles Upon Professional Commitment

2019 ◽  
Vol IV (III) ◽  
pp. 325-336
Author(s):  
Afshan Jabeen ◽  
Salahuddin Khan ◽  
Syed Zia-u Islam
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Public Colleges ◽  
Professional Commitment ◽  
The Public ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Laissez Faire ◽  
Positive Effect

The current study aimed to assess the effect of different leadership styles (Transformational, Transactional and Laissez-faire styles) upon the professional commitment. The study population encompassed the lecturers in Physical Education of all the public colleges in the province Punjab, Pakistan. Due to accessible population, no sampling techniques were preferred in this research study. The total number of lecturers (PE) was 576, in which 210 were male and 366 were female. Selfdeveloped scales were designed and used for data collection. The total 76% return rate of responses was recorded. Inferential and descriptive statistics were used to examine the collected information. On the basis of the findings, it was concluded that there is a positive effect of transactional style of head of institutions leadership upon professional commitment of lecturers (PE). Whereas, Laissez-faire style of leadership has a negative effect upon the professional commitment of lecturers in physical education. It was recommended that seminars and workshops may be arranged for leadership styles.

scholarly journals Adolescent’s Perception of Father’s Leadership Style in the Family

2019 ◽  
pp. 284-290
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Research Instrument ◽  
Main Research ◽  
The Family ◽  
Laissez Faire ◽  
Happy Family

A father’s leadership style plays an important role in educating their young and building a happy family. Generally, there are three types of leadership styles for a family, authoritative (democratic), authoritarian (control) and laissez faire (permissive). Nevertheless there are some fathers who fail to properly lead their families and do not have the capacity to be exemplary towards their young due to their nature being coarse, ill-tempered, inconsiderate, irresponsible, unconcered or indifferent, autocratic, dislike for discussion with their young and so on. Therefore, this research is conducted to study adolescents’ perception of their father’s leadership style. It is designed as a survey study with questionnaire as the main research instrument. Research respondents total 454 form four students randomly selected from five schools in Hulu Langat district of Selangor. Data obtained from questionnaires are descriptively analyzed using SPSS version 22. Research results find that item ‘my father gives me freedom to choose my own friends so long as they invite me to goodness’ scored the highest mean value ( mean=3.53), followed by item ‘my father gives me the freedom to choose my own ambition and career with his guidance‘ (mean=3.51). These findings show that authoritative leadership is more used by fathers in this research. The implications of this research may assist fathers to strengthen their leadership style in bringing up their adolescents to build their potential for excellence.

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