This is a study on the effect of performance by the best leadership style according to the follower's value system. Though the existing studies on the performance and leadership styles approach mainly the importance of the leader's characteristics, th...
This is a study on the effect of performance by the best leadership style according to the follower's value system. Though the existing studies on the performance and leadership styles approach mainly the importance of the leader's characteristics, this study researched the effect on the performance related to the four leadership styles identified as the most suitable one among the latest theories along with the styles of the follower's value system.
The styles of follower's value system fell into four divisions:
Type 1: Individualism and external value system,
Type 2: Individualism and internal value system,
Type 3: Collectivism and external value system,
Type 4: Collectivism and internal value system. This study hypothesized and proved the best leadership style according to individual follower's value system type. The best leadership for value system type one is transactional leadership; value system type two emotionalsibility leadership; value system type three management leadership; and type four transformational leadership.
To carry out the survey for proving the hypothesis, I distributed the questionnaire to 410 workers among the seven companies and got back 339 faithful answers. With these results, this study performed basic statistics, factor, correlation, and regression analysis in the positive analysis.
This is the result of study hypothesized
First, type one workers give priority to the individual aims and seek for economical reward, honor, and position. The transactional leadership that gives a motive through appealing to the individual's self centered- mind and demand their obedience with appropriate reward is the most effective performance except organizational innovation.
Second, people of type two also give priority to the individual aims and pursue their indwelling value such as self-satisfaction and the growth. The emotionalsibility leadership helps to achieve self-fulfillment and satisfaction of the members by giving stimulation of individual's internal sense.
Third, people of type three give priority to the organization aims and seek the external value through the mutual relationship such as order and safety of organization. The traditional management leadership that provide the order of organization and the coherence is the most effective in the satisfaction of the task and the devotion and action of organization. The transformational leadership management leadership has more positive effect than the management leadership in the organizational innovation.
Four, people of type four think the organization aims first and pursue the mutual success through the relationship of cooperation with the change and innovation of the organization. The transformational leadership which induce the members' devotion and their active visions would improve the performance of individual and organization. This was good for the organizational innovation. and organizational commitment. but insignificant for the job satisfacton and organizational citizenship behavior.
With these results, leadership is not an exclusive but complementary one. This accords with Bass theory(1990). The great leaders have four leadership types and could use these leadership freely in the different situations. As Blenchard insisted in the situation leadership that managers could show their leaderships along with follower's motivation and ability, this study confirmed that leadership could improve performance with the appropriate leadership of follower's value.