Exploring Differences in Leadership Styles in Romanian Software Development Industry

Leadership style is considered an important factor that influences the firm perfomance. The aim of the present paper is to explore the correlations between the gender and management level of the managers, considered as independent variables, and the managers leadership styles as dependent variables....

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Published inAnalele Universității "Dunărea de Jos" Galați. Fascicula I, Economie și informatica aplicata no. 3; pp. 11 - 16
Main Authors Sofia DAVID, Edit LUKACS, Alexandru CAPATINA
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dunarea de Jos University of Galati 01.12.2013
Subjects
Affiliative style
Leadership effectiveness
Software industry
Transformational leadership
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Summary:Leadership style is considered an important factor that influences the firm perfomance. The aim of the present paper is to explore the correlations between the gender and management level of the managers, considered as independent variables, and the managers leadership styles as dependent variables. The study was based on an empirical research undertaken on a representative sample of 80 managers from different hierarchical levels in Romanian software development companies. The research methodology involved a design of two hypotheses, tested by means of Pearson chi-square. The research results emphasize a cultural specific context and some suggestions for future research are provided.
ISSN:1584-0409
1584-0409