Determinants Of Leadership Style Research Articles

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Determinants of Leadership Style in Business School

Gender, Education and Marital Status as Determinants of Leadership Styles among Pastoral Leaders

This study assessesthe influence of gender, education and marital status on transformational, transactional, and laissez faire leadership styles among pastoral leaders in churches around the metropolis of Abuja, Nigeria. Design of this study was a cross-sectional survey design and data were collected with The Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ). One hundred and seventy (99 males; 71 females) pastoral leadersin Abuja, Nigeria selected with incidental random sampling technique, provided the data that were analyzed. Multivarate analysis of variance on the data revealedno significant gender difference in leadership styles, F(4, 165) = 1.574, P> .05), no significant marital status difference in leadership styles, F(8, 328) = 1.373, P> .05, and a significant educational level difference in leadership styles,F(16, 496) = 1.508, P< .05) among pastoral leaders. It was concluded that while education determines pastoral leaders' leadership style; gender and marital status do not. It is recommended that future research adopt mixed method in data collection.

Determinants of Leadership Style in Big Five Personality Dimensions

This study addresses the inconsistency of contemporary literature on defining the link between leadership styles and personality traits. The plethora of literature on personality traits has culminated into symbolic big five personality dimensions but there is still a dearth of research on developing representative leadership styles despite the perennial fascination with the subject. Absence of an unequivocal model for developing representative styles in conjunction with the use of several non-mutually exclusive existing leadership styles has created a discrepancy in developing a coherent link between leadership and personality. This study sums up 39 different styles of leadership into five distinct representative styles on the basis of similar theoretical underpinnings and common characteristics to explore how each of these five representative leadership style relates to personality dimensions proposed by big five model.

Local political leaders and context awareness: identifying perceptions of autonomy and efficacy

Leadership theories fail to explain how leaders acquire and interpret context. This article claims that political leadership styles articulate a choice of action that results from the leader's discerned possibilities to act. In order to explore these interpreted contextual determinants of leadership styles and the degree to which “possibility” has an influence over them, our research used a multiple case study design, with extensive interviews. Focusing on context awareness as a way of unveiling style determinants, I claim that it will produce different effects on leadership styles as a consequence of the leader's sense of autonomy and of political efficacy.

Gender, Nationality and Leadership Style: A Literature Review

The aim of this paper is to review research available on gender and nationality as determinants of leadership style, with special focus on top leaders/managers. The paper is based on a systematic literature review. The systematic literature search resulted in 27 papers, that were grouped in five categories: 1) Leaders’ characteristics, behavior and style, 2) Perception regarding leaders, their traits and leadership styles, 3) Women’s barriers towards leader positions, 4) Leadership outcome/results, 5) Effect of research methods on leader evaluation. Questionnaires were the most used research method in the reviewed studies. Almost half of the papers focus on the US, while the rest deal with African, Asian, and European countries. In this review, we found that women and men have a very similar perception of a successful manager. However, women and men display differences in their leader behavior and characteristics, and way of leading. “Results/outcomes” of such a leadership can differ. The review shows, furthermore, that a glass ceiling and other barriers for women do still exist.The paper ends by identifying the needs for further research in the study area.

A Fundamental Study on Leadership Styles of Construction Site Managers on Public Construction Projects in Thailand

The construction site manager (CSM) is a key actor in the construction phase to cope with various kinds of dynamic resource constraints and to fulfill required project goals. Many leadership studies have been conducted in the manufacturing industry, but a little is known in the construction industry. In this paper an attempt is made to investigate current practices in leadership styles of CSMs in building construction projects in Thailand.It is found that the studied CSMs are perceived to use the directive styles most and the supportive style least by their subordinates. At the sites where the participative style is perceived to be taken, performance of the subordinate group is high. At the sites where the supportive style is perceived to be taken, the subordinates' job satisfaction is high. As determinants of leadership style, quality of finished products and ethics are particularly important. Personal attributes of an immediate subordinate such as work experience and knowledge are also significant.