Effects of Learning Styles and Locus of Control on the Decision-Making Styles of Leader Managers

Salim Akyürek,Salih Guney

doi:10.29333/ejmste/89515

Abstract

This research aims to explain the effect of learning styles and locus of focus on the decision-making styles of leader managers. Therefore; firstly the learning styles, locus of control, decision-making styles were identified, then the relationship between the learning style and locus of control were analysed and the effects of learning styles and locus of control on the decision-making styles were investigated. Three scales were used for the research. The Decision-Making Styles Scale (DMSS) was developed by Scott and Bruce (1995) and adapted in Turkish by Tasdelen (2002). The Locus of Control Scale was developed by Dag (2002) through using the Internal-External Locus of Control Scale of Rotter (1966) to identify the locus of control centre. Kolb Learning Style Inventory was developed by Kolb and translated and adapted to Turkish by Askar and Akkoyunlu (1993). The research covers the school principals, head vice principals and vice principals of state high schools of Ministry of Education located in Izmir. The findings were analysed in SPSS 21.0 and AMOS 20.0 programs. The results of research indicate that the leader managers mainly use the rational decision-making styles. Learning styles and locus of control are partially effective on the decision-making styles and the locus of control is effective on the learning style of participants.

Highlights

Human, as a social being, has the tendency to live together with other humans since its existence
Learning styles and locus of control are partially effective on the decision-making styles and the locus of control is effective on the learning style of participants
Through the assessment of answers given to the scales, the leader managers mainly have the rational decisionmaking style (n=200, 54.79%) in terms of their decision-making styles, have internal locus of control in terms of locus of control aspect (n=314.86%), have generally active experience from the learning style aspect and have abstract conceptualisation learning styles

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Introduction

As a social being, has the tendency to live together with other humans since its existence. The desire of humans to be together has brought the need to behave fair and protect the rights of others, organise, coordinate and manage the personal and social relations, business life in other words all living space. Humans required the existence of a group in order to fulfil their individual needs and reach their certain objectives and wanted to act together the group that they are a part of. The concept of leadership has been considered as one of the important features of humans until today and has become one of the most used concepts in the daily and work life (Şahin, 2003:12). The leadership, which goes back to the history of humanity (Güney, 2015a:13) is one of the social and universal facts that is mysterious, still attracts interest, curiosity and is subject to various research and studies

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