Thèses sur le sujet « Situational leadership style »

Denna kvalitativa studie syftar till att utveckla kunskap och öka förståelsen om socialsekreterares upplevelser av arbetsmotivation och upplevelser av motiverande ledarskap. Utifrån fem semistrukturerade intervjuer och med utgångspunkt i teorierna, situationsanpassat ledarskap och tvåfaktorteorin visar resultatet i studiens tematiska analys, på upplevelser där relationsinriktat ledarskap är otydligt och bristande från socialtjänstens ledare. Vidare visar resultaten att socialsekreterarnas inre arbetsmotivation  påverkas negativt av ledarnas bristfälliga förmågor och  engagemang att uppmuntra sin personal. Socialsekreterarnas upplevda motivation skapas istället från trivsel med sina arbetskollegor samt i mötet med klienter.
This qualitative study aims at developing knowledge and increasing understanding of social workers 'experiences of work motivation and experience of motivational leadership. Based on five semi- structured interviews and based on the theories, situational leadership and two-factor theory, the results of the study's thematic analysis show experiences in which relationship-oriented leadership is unclear and inadequate from the social services leaders. Furthermore, the results show that the social workers 'internal work motivation is adversely affected by the leaders' inadequate abilities and commitment to encourage their staff. The social motivators' perceived motivation is instead created from well-being with their colleagues and in the meeting with clients.

Thesis (Ed. D.)--East Tennessee State University, 2004.
Title from electronic submission form. ETSU ETD database URN: etd-1124103-154611. Includes bibliographical references. Also available via Internet at the UMI web site.

Leadership style can have major consequences for the employees’ work environment and well-being. There are several theories that focus on the positive aspects of leadership styles, such as transformative, coaching, and situational leadership, which constitute the theoretical frameworks for the present study. It has also been recognized that destructive leadership behaviors can have a negative impact on the employees and the organization. The purpose of the present study was to investigate what, according to managers, characterizes constructive leadership and destructive leadership, and whether these characteristics originate in individual or organizational factors. Four managers working in private companies in Stockholm with varying backgrounds and industries were found through snowball selection and were interviewed. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. The result showed that managers characterize constructive leadership as motivation, communication, self-efficacy, coaching approach, situational adjustment, development opportunities, recruitment, and participation. Destructive leadership was characterized as inefficiency, lack of experience, authority-related issues, micro-management lack of time, and organizational culture. These characteristics were further categorized as follows. The individual factors that were identified for constructive leadership were motivation, communication, self-efficacy, coaching approach, situational adjustment and for destructive leadership are inefficiency, lack of experience, authority-related issues and micro-leadership. The organizational factors that were identified for constructive leadership were development opportunities, recruitment, participation, and for destructive leadership the factors were lack of time and organizational culture. The analysis illustrates leadership as a complex process where knowledge about leadership styles gives great possibility to practicing constructive leadership. At the same time, it must be noted that organizational factors have a major impact on the leaders' ability to apply constructive leadership and, in the worst-case scenario, can result in behaviors leading to destructive leadership. The study is very limited in terms of representativeness since the population was very small and the purpose was explorative.
Ledarskapets utformning kan innebära stora konsekvenser för de anställdas arbetsmiljö och välmående. Det finns flera teorier om ledarskapsstilar som fokuserar på de positiva aspekterna av ledarskap, såsom transformativt, coachande och situationsanpassat ledarskapsstil, vilka utgör teoretisk ram för denna uppsats. Det har även uppmärksammats att destruktiva ledarbeteenden kan ha en negativ inverkan på de anställda och organisationen. Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka vad chefer anser orsakar ett konstruktivt respektive destruktivt ledarskap samt vilka av dessa orsaker anser chefer härstammar i individuella respektive organisatoriska faktorer. Första frågeställningen var; vad anser chefer kännetecknar ett konstruktivt respektive destruktivt ledarskap? Den andra frågeställningen var; vilka av dessa kännetecken anser chefer härstammar i individuella respektive organisatoriska faktorer? Fyra stycken chefer inom privata företag i Stockholm med varierande bakgrund och bransch hittades genom snöbollsurval och intervjuades. Data analyserades med tematisk analys. Resultatet visade att chefer anser att konstruktivt ledarskap kännetecknas av motivation, kommunikation, självbestämmelse, coachande förhållningssätt, situationsanpassning, utvecklingsmöjligheter, rekrytering, delaktighet och destruktivt ledarskap kännetecknas av ineffektivitet, erfarenhetsbrist, auktoritetsproblematik, mikroledarskap tidsbrist och bristande organisationskultur. Dessa faktorer delas upp i individuella och organisatoriska faktorer enligt följande. Individuella faktorer som identifierades för konstruktivt ledarskap var motivation, kommunikation, självbestämmelse, coachande förhållningssätt och situationsanpassning. För destruktivt ledarskap identifierades ineffektivitet, erfarenhetsbrist, auktoritetsproblematik och mikroledarskap som individuella faktorer. De organisatoriska faktorer som identifierades för konstruktivt ledarskap var utvecklingsmöjligheter, rekrytering, delaktighet och för destruktivt ledarskap identifierades faktorerna tidsbrist och organisationskultur. Analysen åskådliggör ledarskapet som en komplex process där kunskap kring ledarskapsstilar ger stor fördel för tillämpning av ett konstruktivt ledarskap. Samtidigt måste det uppmärksammas att organisatoriska faktorer har storpåverkan på ledarnas möjlighet till tillämpning av ett konstruktivt ledarskap och kan i värsta fall resultera i beteenden som leder till destruktivt ledarskap. Studien är kraftigt begränsat i termer av representativitet då urvalet var mycket litet och syftet var explorativt.

Teachers' perceptions of their school leaders influence student achievement in their schools. The extent of this influence is examined in this study. This quantitative study examined teachers' perceptions of the leadership style of their principals as transformational, transactional or passive-avoidant in improving and non-improving schools in relation to student achievement. The study population was a purposeful sample of 143 teachers in 16 schools in one school district. Leadership behaviors, as perceived by the teachers, were measured using the Multi-factor Leadership Questionnaire. Student achievement was measured with the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test results for each school using three years of results. Independent t-test, multiple regressions, and an open-ended question were used to analyze the research questions. The study found that teachers in improving and non-improving schools had minimal differences in how they perceived their principals' leadership styles. All three leadership styles were statistically significant predictors of student achievement. School status was not significant in predicting student achievement indicating no difference in student achievement between improving and non-improving schools. Transactional leadership had a negative relationship while transformational and passive-avoidant leadership style had a positive relationship with student achievement. Regression analysis of the MLQ subscales for each leadership style as perceived by the teachers and the school status with student achievement found that transformational subscale intellectual stimulation and school status had a statistically significant positive relationship with student achievement. Likewise, the transactional subscale management by exception-active was a significant predictor with student achievement but had a negative relationship. Passive avoidant style also had a positive relationship with student achievement. Teacher demographics of gender, age, years as a teacher, years at current school, and level of school (elementary, middle, high) were examined in relation to perceived leadership style and school status. Multiple regression analysis found that only years at current school that was significant in how they perceived their principal's transformational or passive avoidant leadership style. No demographic variables were significant for transactional style or school status. Overall, teachers were satisfied with the principal's leadership style and effectiveness. Teachers most often cited school culture as having an influence on student achievement in both improving and non-improving schools. Limitations of the study included self-reported teacher perceptions of principal leadership style from 16 schools in one school district which limits generalizability; no controls for teacher classroom performance and no verification of respondents actually observing principal behaviors; time of year survey was given; and, the use of one instrument to measure leadership style may not reflect the actual leadership style of the principal.

Bakgrund: Konflikter är ett fenomen som förekommer i alla kontexter där individer integrerar med varandra. Konflikter har alltid funnits men synen på konflikter samt hur det hanteras har förändrats genom tiden. Konflikthantering är en viktig del i ledarskapet och är en av de viktigaste och centrala uppgifterna för en ledare. De flesta ledare ser konflikthantering som problematiskt eftersom de tycker att det är jobbigt och obehagligt att hantera konflikter på grund av rädslan för individernas reaktioner. Tidigare forskning har visat att det finns ett samband mellan ledarskap och konflikthanteringsstrategier men det finns fortfarande en kunskapsbrist inom området. Syfte: Syftet med studien är att förklara om det finns ett samband mellan det situationsanpassade ledarskapet och konflikthanteringsstrategierna samt om sambandet kan ge ledare större möjlighet att hantera konflikter framgångsrikt. Metod: Denna studie har en kvalitativansats, där semistrukturerade intervjuer har genomförts med två organisationer, där en butikschef och tre medarbetare i respektive organisation intervjuades. Resultat: Denna studie har kommit fram till att det finns ett samband mellan det situationsanpassande ledarskapet och konflikthanteringsstrategier. Genom att kombinera stilarna i det situationsanpassade ledarskapet med konflikthanteringsstrategier och med hänsyn till både medarbetares och ledares åsikter kan rätt konflikthanteringsstrategi väljas, vilket också kan främja individernas utveckling.
Background: The phenomenon conflict occurs in every context where individuals integrate with each other. Conflicts have always existed but the way we see and manage them have changed through time. Conflict management is an important part of leadership. Most leaders believe conflicts are a problematic issue that is difficult to manage, because of the fear of the consequence that may appear. Previous research has shown that there is a correlation between leadership and conflict management but there is still a lack of knowledge in the field. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine if there is a correlation between the situational leadership and conflict management strategies and if it can provide leaders with greater possibilities to handle conflicts successfully. Method: This study has a qualitative approach where semi structured interviews with two organizations were made, with both of the store manager and three employees in each organization. Results: The results of this study have shown that there is a correlation between the situational leadership and conflict management strategies. Through combining the styles of the situational leadership with conflict management strategies and with regard to both employees and managers opinion and behavior can a suitable strategy be adopted, which can encourage individual growth.

The purpose of this research study was to analyze the leadership styles of owners of small land surveying businesses in the states of Tennessee and Virginia to determine what leadership style was currently being employed by the majority of those owners. The participants in this study were chosen from members of the Virginia Association of Surveyors and the Tennessee Association of Professional Surveyors. The respondents to the questionnaire were licensed land surveyors who owned small firms of fewer than 101 employees. In addition, a corollary purpose was to flesh out the skeletal literature available on small business leadership styles and their effect on small business success. The owners of the small surveying businesses were asked to reply to a series of questions on demographic data and Likert-type scale questions designed to examine the respondents' leadership styles as Participatory, Situational, or Autocratic in a both external and internal environments. The results of the questionnaire produced nominal data, which were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software to compute the frequency and significance. Additionally, a nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis K Independent Samples procedure and one-way Chi -Square tests were used to analyze the statistical relationships and differences in the respondents' answers. The results of this study suggested that the majority of the respondents used a participatory style of leadership when confronted with internal environment decisions and an autocratic leadership style in the external environment. The overall conclusion drawn from this study was that the owners of small land surveying firms who responded to the questionnaire were predominantly situational because they adjusted their leadership styles to meet the needs and demands of their changing situations.

This experimental study used eight written vignettes to analyze the effects of professor gender, professor leadership style (democratic/autocratic), and type of situation (task/personal) and participant gender on evaluations of professorsʹ competence, likeability and masculinity characteristics. Undergraduates from the College of Arts and Science (N=932; Males=464, Females=467), and the College of Education (N=722; Males=140, Females=582) were used. Results indicated that research participants rated democratic professors significantly more competent, likeable, and more feminine than autocratic professors. Contrary to expectations derived from gender spill-over and gender congruency theories, male participants did not rate female professors more negatively than their male counterparts when they acted autocratically in a personal situation (i.e., gender incongruent manner.) Exploratory results revealed trends that are discussed along with theoretical and practical implications.

The purpose with this examine was to study the teachers perception of leadership in the classroom and also how they experience the conditions of this. The method used was qualitative, and builds on a total of six interviews. Stensmos five leadership tasks in the classroom that constitute leadership context have provided the theoretical basis of this study. The leadership tasks have therefore been used as theoretical tools in this study to analyze the teachers’ reasoning about their own leadership style. In general, results showed that the teachers talk about dissimilar qualities within different kinds of leadership tasks which results in different consequences and effects on the pupils, the teaching and on the teacher leadership in the classroom. The study also shows that some teachers reason about leadership styles in a way that I would like to call autocratic situational leadership and democratic situational leadership. The concept is based on the finding that teachers who advocate the application of an autocratic leadership style express the standpoint that it is the circumstances and the situation in the classroom that demands this kind of leadership style. This is the reason why teachers interpret the autocratic leadership style as an application of a situation related leadership. The teachers that articulate a democratic approach also express the necessity to adapt their leadership style to the level of the pupils and thereby the teachers interpret the democratic leadership style to be situational leadership as well.

The aim of this thesis is to explore from a cultural diversity perspective, students 'views on teachers' leadership styles in the classroom and what style of management students prefer. The study uses a qualitative methodology to interviewed focus groups of students consisting of a total of twelve students at a secondary school in Botkyrka municipality. The corpus was divided into three different groups. Overall, results showed that students seem to prefer an intercultural situational leadership style. This is based on the students expressed need of wanting to be understood on the basis of their cultural background. That means that the teacher according to their background,  situation and knowledge should adapt leadership. Teachers should also be leaders who maintain balance, responsiveness and flexibility in teaching style in order to increase the motivation of students.

Ledarskap är ett väl studerat område som många forskare tagit sig an. Bergengren (2003) menar att ledarskap är en process som syftar till att en ledare ska påverka andra att nå ett gemensamt mål. Det finns inga givna riktlinjer för hur en ledare bör vara för att ses som lyckad, studier som gjorts har dock fokuserat på olika egenskaper en ledare bör besitta för att ha de bästa förutsättningarna att leda ett team till framgång. Så kallat personligt ledarskap har fått allt större plats inom ledarskapsteorier och handlar om att ledare utövar ledarskap på olika sätt beroende på vilka egenskaper de besitter. Berglund och Sewerin (2019) menar att en ledares uppgift handlar om att leda en grupp människor, att samarbeta och tillsammans utföra en tilldelad uppgift. Det handlar också om att specifika ledaregenskaper bidrar till inflytande som används för att påverka andra att uppnå produktivitet för att i sin tur nå ett specifikt mål. Med andra ord så har tidigare studier fokuserat på att kunna identifiera dessa ledaregenskaper genom att studera människor och på så sätt skapa en möjlighet att rekrytera de personer som har de så kallat rätta egenskaperna och de rätta förutsättningarna för att leda team i organisationer och företag. Traditionella ledarskapsteorier handlar också om hur viktiga ledarens egenskaper är för att främja en god tillväxt och ökad produktivitet inom företag. Det talas då om vikten av att en ledare anpassar sitt ledarskap för att engagera medarbetarna till att utföra ett bra arbete. (Berglund & Sewerin, 2019) Få ledarskapsteorier handlar om vikten av att få medarbetare till att driva sitt eget engagemang, att motivera sig själva och att skapa en egen drivkraft. Resultatet i denna studie påvisar vikten av att medarbetare driver sitt egna engagemang med ledarens stöd och stöttning. Respondenterna i studien påvisar att det är ledarens ansvar att skapa en god kultur och en god relation kollegor emellan genom tydlig kommunikation, att motivation och engagemang då kommer av sig självt. De egenskaper som förväntas av ledare behöver nödvändigtvis inte alltid vara desamma eller ens listas, det viktiga enligt respondenterna är tydlighet, kommunikation och förmågan att bygga relationer. Studien visar att det finns en önskan om att ledarskapet ska handla om att bygga relationer och att drivet och motivationen måste komma från medarbetaren. Medan tidigare ledarskapsteorier snarare handlar om att ledaren ska skapa motivation hos sin medarbetare. Utifrån respondenternas svar kan man utläsa att ingen av studiens tre ledarstilar; situationsanpassat ledarskap, transformativt ledarskap och transaktionellt ledarskap har alla de egenskaper som medarbetarna förväntar sig av en ledare. Slutsatsen som kan dras av studien är att modern ledarskapsteori inte endast bör fokusera på ledarens egenskaper, trots att de fortfarande är viktiga, teorierna bör fokusera mer på medarbetarstil och vilka egenskaper en medarbetare bör ha för att kunna bidra till ökad produktivitet inom en organisation.
Leadership is a well-studied area that many researchers have tackled. Previous research believes that leadership is a process that aims for one leader to influence others to achieve a common goal. There are no guidelines for how a leader should act to be seen as successful, however, previous studies have focused on different qualities that leaders should possess to have the best conditions to lead a team to success. So-called personal leadership has gained an increasing place in leadership theories, the theories focus on leaders exercising leadership in different ways depending on what qualities they possess. (Bergengren, 2003) According to previous studies, a leader's task is about leading a group of people in order to get them to collaborate to perform an assigned task. (Berglund & Sewerin, 2019) The theories is also about specific leadership qualities contributing to influence others to achieve a specific goal. In other words, according to previous studies, they have wanted to be able to identify these leadership qualities by studying people in order to recruit the people who have the so-called right qualities and the right conditions to lead teams in organizations and companies. (Berglund & Sewerin, 2019) Traditional leadership theories are also about how important the leader's qualities are to promote good growth through increased productivity within companies. It´s also about the importance of a leader adapting his leadership to engage employees to do a good job.Few leadership theories talk about the importance of getting employees to drive their own commitment, to motivate themselves and to create their own driving force. The results of this study demonstrate the importance of pursuing one's own commitment with the leader's support. The participants in this study mean that it is the leader's responsibility to create a good culture and a good relationship between colleagues through good communication, also that motivation and commitment then comes naturally as a result. The qualities expected of the leader do not necessarily always have to be the same or even listed, the important thing is clarity, communication and the ability to build relationships. The study shows that there is a desire that leadership should be about building relationships and that motivation must come from the employee. While previous leadership theories talk about the leader’s role in creating motivation rather than the employee’s role in creating his own motivation. Based on the respondents' answers in this study, it can be deduced that none of the three leadership styles; situations-adapted leadership, transformative leadership and transactional leadership compared in this study has all the qualities that the employees expect from a leader. The conclusion that can be drawn from the study is that in modern leadership theory one should not only focus on the leader's qualities, even though they are still important, one should focus more on employee style and what qualities an employee should have to contribute to increased productivity within an organization.

I forskningen har organisatoriskt lärande uppmärksammats, men inte institutionaliserats. Det organisatoriska lärandet påverkas i stor grad av nyckelpersoner vilket ledare och mellanchefer är. Organisatoriskt lärande styrs av det individuella lärandet vilket därför har en stor betydelse i sammanhanget. Ansvaret för det individuella lärandet läggs oftast på organisationens ledare och för ledares individuella lärande är reflektion och erfarenhet en avgörande faktor. Därför var studiens syfte att bidra till forskningen genom att undersöka hur kritiska situationer påverkat ledares lärande och bidragit till det individuella och organisatoriska lärandet. Syftet har studerats utifrån hur ledares reflektion görs och hur reflektionen påverkat ledares ledarskapsstil och orientering. För att studera detta användes vår egen tolkning av kritiska situationer tekniken. Studiens teoretiska referensram baserades därför på individuellt och organisatoriskt lärande, ledarskapsstilar, samt reflektion.Tillvägagångssättet som valdes var att intervjua ledare på mellanchefsnivå, halvstrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes baserat på kritiska situationer tekniken där olika kritiska scenarion diskuterades. I studien genomfördes även en enkät med samtliga intervjuade ledare där de fick uppskatta sin upplevda grad av orientering. Studiens konklusion är att fokus inte bör läggas på kombinerade ledarskapsstilar utan att vikten bör läggas på graden av orientering inom uppgift, relation och förändring. I studien kunde även ett samband identifieras som förklarar vad som krävs av ledare för att uppnå och bidra till organisatoriskt lärande.
Program: Civilekonomprogrammet

Savremene organizacije u svojoj svakodnevnoj brizi za isunjavanje postavljenih ciljeva sve češće očekuju od svojih zaposlenih, a naročito menadžera, da budu isključivo posvećeni organizaciji i njenom uspehu. Cilj ovog rada je prikaz konceptualnih i teorijskih pitanja koja se tiču povezanosti stilova upravljanja i stresa na radu kod menadžera, u koja spadaju definisanje navedenih pojmova i njihovo razgraničavanje od srodnih pojmova, pri čemu se stilovi upravljanja posmatraju sa stanovišta situacionog modela liderstva razvijenog od strane Hersija i Blanšarda, a stres sa stanovištva transakcionističke teorije stresa.
Modern organizations in their everyday care for the fulfillment of the goalsincreasingly expect from their employees, especially managers, to beexclusively committed to the organization and its success. The aim of thispaper is to present the conceptual and theoretical issues related toconnectivity management styles and stress at work with managers, a groupthat includes the definition of these terms and their delimitation from relatedconcepts, with a management style viewed from the standpoint of situationalleadership model developed by Hersеy and Blanchard, and stress from theviewpoint of transactional theory of stress.

The research conducted was done on the basis of providing an initial platform or starting point for insight and discussion into what a strategic transcultural model of leadership might look like which was relevant to the early 21st Century Christian context in the cities of Southern Africa. A strategic transcultural leader is essentially a transformational leader who exhibits an ability beyond the norm in being able to cross socio-political barriers and thus inspiring the multicultural dynamic, while also honouring the individual cultures represented. In order to study strategic transcultural leadership models a strong leadership angle was taken, which employed investigating six leaders, three political and three Christian as to the structures, styles, values, transcultural abilities and Christian/political beliefs and/or philosophies they employed. The thesis poses the problem of urban unrest in the cities of Southern Africa. The problem of an influx into the cities, of the many different ethnicities and tribes from throughout Southern Africa and the pressures this has caused is briefly alluded to. This problem has been further exacerbated in South Africa by the arrival of many peoples from throughout Africa, south of the Sahara seeking their fortune without having to leave the African Subcontinent, and in Zimbabwe by the political policies of the Zimbabwean government, over land and in clearing away her unapproved urban high-density housing, and her informal business and white farming sectors of the economy. With these issues in mind, there is a need for strategic transcultural leadership to address these and other issues of unrest. The examples of Mandela and De Klerk as transformational leaders, inspire hope, that the vacuum of strategic transcultural leadership seen in Africa at large and specifically in relation to Southern Africa can be met, as is noted by the progress made in recent years in the arena of transformational leadership which the Group of eight and the United Nations and others allude to. While this is true, there are still problems in relation to the political decision-making within South African, as seen by Mbeki’s stance in the past on HIV-AIDS, and Zimbabwe’s woes. The stage is set from a missiological and historical perspective by looking at multicultural models of leadership in the Early Church with specific reference to Paul and the Antiochan model he used as a prototype. The Jerusalem Church is mentioned as a bi-cultural model, which has significant use outside of large urban environs. However it was the Pauline-Antiochan model that provided a platform, in the later use of a synthetic-semiotic model, to deduce or synthesis a transcultural model. Paul’s model of leadership was analysed specifically in relation to the five elements already noted (structures, styles, etc.) and is particularly useful as a model as Paul himself provides firstly an insight into a man of bi-cultural heritage yet someone who was empire-conscious. Paul was able to uphold both the cultural distinctive or uniqueness of both the Greek and Jew (noting Paul’s use of both Hebraic and Hellenistic styles of the diatribe for example) as well as the universal, in that he was empire-conscious which played into his Kingdom perspective. Secondly he provides a reasonable grounds for understanding that if the belief system of the individual is changed on one of its most fundamental levels – allegiance – then given time the macro-cultural identity of a nation, even empire can be significantly altered. He was able to do this primarily because the Graeco-Roman Empire had a common linguafranca in Greek, and the Christian community – as the followers of the Way became known as – had an ethos of reconciliation, enhancing the multicultural and one also of inclusivity (for example a worship style that encompasses both Jewish and local expressions) enhancing the particular. In declaring the One God of Israel and Jesus Christ – Messiah, as the only true Kyrios, Paul replaced the Emperor and the whole Greek pantheon of the Gods with the one true God and Father of us all, and his one and only Son.< /p> The three political leaders – Moshoeshoe, Smuts and Mandela – and the three Christian leaders – Mutendi, Cassidy and Tutu – are investigated in terms of the five elements (structures, styles, values etc.) that comprise the model of leadership. Each of these leaders in turn made a lasting contribution to national and/or tribal change. After looking at the six leadership models an initial conceptual framework for a multicultural model of leadership is outlined. However, in order to bring significant current postmodern/neo-African/tribal/multicultural paradigms of thought and the associated socio-political forces and philosophies of the day, to bear on the evolving model, these were specifically highlighted and brought into the process of synthesizing a model. Lastly once all these inputs are brought together in a tabulated framework, and the evolving multicultural model is screened against three known working scenarios, and further synthesized such that the refined model was then called a strategic transcultural model of leadership. Before this can be achieved however, various North American multicultural models posited were looked at in a literary review, which served to reinforce the understanding of the need to balance the universal and the particular aspects of culture. In refining a strategic transcultural model, the thesis next attempted to address the problem of developing a national macro-cultural identity. A strict delineation in a postmodern era between Church and State was considered to be not only unnecessary but a modern myth, also noting that the State mirrors the Church in many of the problems of community and identity. Thus the meso-level of the Church provided key insights into the macro-level of the State. An argument all along was posed for not just orchestrating a macro-culture based on multiculturalism, nor in just upholding the micro-cultural individual identities at the expense of participation in a national framework and beyond this the global village, but an argument was made for a both/and scenario. In doing this the thesis sought to address both the macro-cultural and individual cultural identities at every level and in every element of the model of leadership. The plausibility of the argument for today was based on the prevalence of a language of choice – in most cases English – and an ethos of reconciliation and inclusivity for which Madiba and Tutu among others have set the standard. A final picture of a community based on both was posited for reflection, a picture that John paints where the great heavenly host (mirroring the macro-level of the Kingdom) is contrasted with the micro-level of a people made up “from every tribe and language and people and nation” (Rev 5:9).
Thesis (PhD (Science of Religion and Missiology))--University of Pretoria, 2007.
Science of Religion and Missiology
PhD
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The Theory of Situational Leadership, the core of the thesis, has become nowadays one of the intensively studied area in Sociology of management. The primary goal to be accomplished here in this thesis is to examine leadership styles of leaders in the optical business in the Czech Republic and to determine if the leaders are effective when exercise leading the followers, all with regard to Blanchard's and Hersey's Situational Leadeship Theory. The main part of the thesis consists of empirical study which focuses on leaders and their ledearship styles in optical organizations as well as their effectiveness in leading team of followers. The quantitative survey tool modified by author so can be used in czech environment will be introduced in the methodological part of the thesis. The theoretical assumptions should appropriately illustrate the analytical results obtained by the research.

博士
元智大學
管理研究所
96
An empirical study on the situational model of Chinese organizational implicit leadership style The majority of leadership theory was developed by the West lately. Due to different culture and history, the western research and terminology seldom bring the Orientals the same feeling and meanings. This thesis tries to provide a local theory, "the situational model of Chinese organizational implicit leadership style", to help Chinese to understand the model of Chinese leadership by the point of Chinese themselves and also to find the common points between the West and the East from different system of leadership and terminology . The major of this research is to investigate the fit relations between the Chinese implicit leadership style and the situation of the organizational culture. It aims to know what typical types of leadership one leader will have under different situations and how he will lead his organization in transition and finally develops "the situational model of Chinese organizational implicit leadership style". Three studies were included here to lead us to get structures. Study I, based on the ancient Chinese literature and historical cases, four types of Chinese implicit leadership were generalized as Xia, Jiang, Xiang, and Xiao Xiong, which were concluded via questionnaire according to the characteristics of some ancient persons. Study II, to highlight the "implicit leadership", the questionnaire was used again and proved that the style of leadership of Chinese is implicit. Study III, to discuss which style of leadership is the most effective one in different situational models of organizational culture. This thesis shows the organizational culture as followed culture, vitalized culture, bureaucratic culture and stagnant culture and organizational life cycle as the start-up stage, the growth stage, the maturity stage and the decline stage to fit relations. The conclusions are as in the followings: 1. In the followed organizational culture, Xia is the most effective leadership style. 2. In the vitalized organizational culture, Jiang is the most effective leadership style. 3. In the situation of the bureaucratic organizational culture (maturity stage), Xiang is the most effective leadership style. 4. In the situation of the stagnant organizational culture (decline stage), Xiao Xiong is the most effective leadership style.

This study sought to analyse the influence of principal leadership on the performance of selected schools in the Gauteng Province of South Africa. The problems addressed in the research were what leadership and leadership styles in the school context entail, concept of school performance, attributes of leadership as perceived by principals and how these attributes impact on school performance and establish whether school performance is dependent upon principal leadership and his/her leadership style. It was a qualitative study. Stakeholders of the schools were interviewed and observations were made. The relationship between leadership and leadership style, in general, and school performance were investigated. The research established that unless principals were well equipped with knowledge and skills in management and leadership, they would not be able to improve school performance.
Educational Leadership and Management
M. Ed. (Education Management)

This study is a collective case study grounded in the literature regarding leadership styles and leadership theories. It includes among others, an analysis of data from interviews of college Principals and middle Managers to identify the leadership styles at the three colleges of education. The purpose of the study was to analyse the leadership styles of college Principals and middle Managers operating in dual-mode environments. The colleges that were being studied are the Copperbelt College of Education; Mufulira College of Education and Malcom Moffat College of Education. There were sixteen (16) participants in this study drawn from three colleges. The researcher collected data using semi-structured individual and focused group interviews. In addition, policy documents such as ‗Open and Distance Learning Policy (draft) and National Policy on Education were analysed. The researcher employed qualitative methods in the collection and analysis of data. Triangulation was used in order to verify the information given during this study. The evidence from the literature review indicates that there is no single leadership style that may provide answers to all situations in institutions of higher education; rather, a blend of the leadership styles would be beneficial to college Principals. The research further revealed that, managing dual-mode colleges of education entails that Principals require tailor-made programmes in management and leadership of dual-mode institutions for them to improve quality of their products and enhance tenets of transparency, democracy and good governance in colleges of education in Zambia. They also must be excellent communicators and ensure understanding by students, employees, peers, and the many stakeholders involved in dual-mode colleges of education. The study was important as it hoped to shed some light on how to improve quality of leadership in dual-mode colleges of education in Zambia. The study will contribute scientific knowledge to all categories of Higher Education (HE) institutions especially colleges of education, be they face-to-face or distance mode, that are contemplating a move into dual-mode delivery. Finally, Information garnered from this study is expected to allow Principals and other middle Managers and administrators to evaluate their leadership styles in comparison to the effective styles revealed by this study.
Educational Leadership and Management
D. Ed. (Education Management)

碩士
國立高雄師範大學
性別教育研究所
107
Clinical leadership, whether it be doctor-to-doctor or doctor-to-patient, plays a critical role in determining the quality of healthcare, which is the ultimate purpose of any medical institution. This study aims to explore the perception of male and female doctors in Taiwan on defining an ideal physician of competence, gender awareness, and situational leadership. This thesis utilizes the Delphi technique as the research method with three rounds of questionnaires with the aim of establishing expert consensus. The Situational Leadership Theory proves to be an effective tool for evaluating physician leadership styles in Taiwan. After three rounds of questionnaires, expert consensus was reached on 21 statements as indexes for defining the doctor of “competence, gender-awareness, and situational leadership.” The results of this study shall serve as the basis for developing a tool for assessing and identifying professional physician leadership, as well as for designing a medical curriculum that nurtures doctors with effective leadership capabilities.

碩士
國立彰化師範大學
商業教育學系
94
Abstract At a time of pursuing administrative reform, the fire organization’s leadership styles needs to meet the timely trend in order to steer clear of fire administration crisis, improve the government’s competitiveness, and ensure the safety of public lives and properties. The main purpose of the study was to explore the differences of demographic variables in firemen to their perceptions of leadership styles and leadership effectiveness, which can in turn be used to explore the correlation of leadership styles and leadership effectiveness, and finally to explore the forecast capability of leadership styles to leadership effectiveness and the level of impact by situational variables by pairing a leadership style with fitting situational variables that would help to excel the fire superintendent with a maximum performance effectiveness. The study utilizes the questionnaire survey. Four hundred and sixty-seven questionnaires were sent to the fire bureaus of Taichung County, Taichung City, Changhua County, and Nantou County by stratified random sampling method and 402 useable questionnaires returned, with 86％ valid return rate . The data were collected and analyzed by using descriptive statistical analysis, Pearson product-moment correlation, t-test, one-way ANOVA, multiple stepwise regression, and hierarchical multiple regression . The study shows findings as follows: 1.Firemen with varied service seniorities, nature of work, and positions were found with significant variations in their level of perception toward the leadership style; firemen with varied positions were found with significant variations in their level of perception toward the leadership effectiveness. 2.The domains of supervisor leadership styles perception, situational factors, leadership effectiveness perception were found in significant positive correlation; the transformational leadership effectiveness was found higher than the transactional leadership effectiveness, and the higher a fire superintendent was able to manifest the transformational and transactional leadership, the more likely the leadership effectiveness can be enhanced. 3.Work structure, authority, leader-subordinate relationship that interacted with the transformational leadership were found with significant intervention to the leadership effectiveness, and the higher a fire superintendent in the work structure, authority and leader-subordinate relationship, the more likely the leadership effectiveness can be enhanced. The study presented following recommendations in response to the study findings: Stepping up fire superintendent’s leadership knowledge training can help improve the leadership effectiveness. In addition, it is imperative for a fire superintendent to demonstrate firsthand on as a role model with his morality and ample experiences, and to trust and care for organization members in bridging a positive interactive relationship, together with adopting the transformational and transactional leadership, taken into account the situational factor, to assist members of a fire organization to grow and develop. Keywords: fire bureau, leadership style, leadership effectiveness, situational factor

The purpose of this study was to examine the self-perception of leadership styles of practicing female superintendents in Texas and how their preferred leadership style affected their performance. The study posed the following questions:(1) What are the preferred leadership styles of the practicing female superintendents in Texas as measured by Bolman & Deal’s (2003) four frames of leadership? (2) What are the predominant behaviors that female superintendents in Texas identify within each frame of leadership? (3) How do the preferred leadership styles and behaviors influence the superintendents’ every day performance? This study was relied on a mixed method approach, quantitative and qualitative. The quantitative component involved surveying 50 female superintendents, using the Leadership Orientations (Self-Report) survey (Bolman & Deal, 1990). The qualitative component included a semi-structured interview which asked follow up questions with six selected female superintendents (two from rural, two from suburban, and two from urban districts) who consented to the interview regarding the influence of their leadership preferences. The findings suggest participants’ preferred leadership style relates to the Human Resource frame which include: being an inspirational leader, utilizing interpersonal skills, making good decisions; as well as, coaching and developing people. Findings also suggest that predominant behaviors include: supporting others, building trusting relationships through collaboration, and being participative. The preferred leadership styles and behaviors’ influence on female superintendents’ everyday performance resulted in embracing collaboration, being transparent, sharing a vision, being passionate, and building trusting relationships. Additionally, beliefs and behaviors that lead to success include: being honest, depersonalize the situations, education makes a difference, adopt flexibility, and power to make decisions. The characteristics that lead to success are: being spiritual, being organized, being committed, and willing to help others. Furthermore, the following advice was offered: learn to cope with high level of visibility, become knowledgeable of the district’s needs and characteristics, and develop a professional image. Finally, implications for aspiring female superintendents, superintendent preparation programs and school boards members are also presented.
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Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is a software solution which offers the opportunity to strengthen the company's effectiveness, integrating the business processes across functional areas. In order to obtain the expected benefit, a successful implementation of the ERP project is crucial.  The aim of this thesis is to understand which different leadership styles can be applied during the ERP implementation phase, how they influence the overall project outcome and what leadership style can lead to the successful overall project outcome. The research covers following questions. To begin we will study ​which different leadership styles are applied in ERP implementation projects and study the leader’s trait & behavior through the project implementation process. ​Afterwards we will study how significant the leadership style is to achieve a successful overall project outcome and which style better suits the general context of an ERP implementation project.  Survey questions were prepared either to project managers with experience in ERP implementation projects within their company or managers working for consultancy service firms. Concepts from multi-grounded theory i.e. open-, axial- and selective coding for empirical grounding are used as a methodological approach in the thesis. After the empirical and theoretical analysis, the conclusion we could draw was that the task structure and demand for the given situation, in which different type of team members are involved, is determining the factors to achieve the leadership effectiveness and consequently it is considered to be the major element determining the leadership style to be applied during the project.