Factors Affecting the Preference of Leadership Style in Public Organizations: The Case Of South Wolo Administrative Zone
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2009-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The study makes a brief review of the literature on the concept of leadership
in general and factors affecting leadership preference in particular. Different
variables affecting preference of leadership style were cited. Then, it presents
the methodology of data collection followed by the findings and discussion of
the finding. One hundred sixty nine leaders from the three levels were
participated in the study. These participants taken from 31 government
budgeted public organizations, which were selected using lottery method, out
of 41 total organizations. A standardized questionnaire consisting of 30 items
was employed to collect the necessary information to identify the leadership
style the participants followed. Descriptive statistics such as frequency and
percentage were used. In addition, X2 and standard error of the residual were
used to ยท analyze the result. The result indicated that sex and age are
associated with leadership style preference. While female and middle aged
leaders preferred democratic leadership style, male and younger leaders
preferred autocratic leadership style. On the other hand, education and levels
of leaders do not associate with the leaders' preference of leadership style.
Finally, recommendation and conclusion were made
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