More women are entering the social activities, more companies and societies are growing the interest in the leadership to develop organizations for women and to improve performance of women. In the thesis, I have studied about the effect on the relati...
More women are entering the social activities, more companies and societies are growing the interest in the leadership to develop organizations for women and to improve performance of women. In the thesis, I have studied about the effect on the relationship between the type of leadership and the organizational commitment and self-efficiency of the door-to-door salsewomen in cosmetics industry.
I have stated three hypothesis for the study. Firstly, Is there any difference in showing the degree of leadership, organizational commitment, self-efficiency, and sales performance in the view of the personal characteristics of salsewomen: age, position and educational background? Secondly, Is there any difference in showing the degree of leadership, organizational commitment, self-efficiency, and sales performance in terms of the business characteristics of saleswomen including total sales, career, and organization scale? Lastly, Is there any direct correlation between the type of leadership and the organizational commitment, self-efficiency and sales performance of the door-to-door saleswomen?
I have carried out the survey targeting 290 door-to-door saleswomen working at “L” cosmetic company in Korea, and analyzed of 268 survey results.
According to the results of research, I have drawn the following conclusion. First, in the analysis of influence on the type of leadership and organizational commitment, self-efficiency and sales performance, I have gotten the result that the transformational and transactional leaderships have an positive effect on the organizational commitment, self-efficiency and sales performance of the door-to-door saleswomen excluding the relationship between transformational leadership and sales performance.
Second, in the correlation between organizational commitment and self-efficiency, I have gained the outcome that the organizational commitment and self-efficiency of the door-to-door saleswomen have a positive impact on sales performance. Third, in the interrelation between the type of leadership and sales performance using organizational commitment and self-efficiency as mediator effects, I have reached the result that the transformational and transactional leaderships have positively affected on sales performance. Especially, I have found out that the transformational leadership is full effect on organizational commitment and is partial effect on others.
Last, in the differences analysis of the transformational and transactional leaderships, organizational commitment, self-efficiency and sales performance based on the demographic and sales characteristics for saleswomen, I have obtained result that it is the significant difference from their age, their office location, their own position, their superior position, total sales, the number of clients, the size of organization, experience of operation, and sales carrier.
Depending on what the results were, I would suggest to the cosmetic companies operating and managing the organization for door-to-door saleswomen as follows.
In the first, in a long term, the companies should set up the organization where the transformational leadership can be demonstrated. Therefore, I think that they can develop online educational programs and establish the education system and manual for successful cases depending the level of position in order to strengthen employees ability. They also can enhance communication channel like meetings with leaders and sharing of information.
In the second, the companies should do the continuing interests and sustainable investment to leaders of door-to-door sales organizations. All leaders suppose to keep the organizational power, so their companies can consider the complementation of the allowance system for saleswomens. They can upgrade the technical and efficient systems for customer management and sales supporting. Thus, it will be causes to encourage positive inspirations to leaders and to establish the fundamental of organizations.
In the third, the companies should prepare the employment policy for hiring more young people and the settlement policy for supporting their working environment. Young generation has the higher need of self-actualization. As a result, the companies can develop various online and offline educational programs including beauty and skin care. The specialized strategy for young employees is a must for extending the business market to young customers. Consequently, the companies can prepare promotional items to young people’ taste: the specialized tasters, milage service, DMs if they launched the middle-low cosmetic products as a sub-brand of main brand.
In the last, the companies should make full use of the effect on transactional leadership to develop organizations and employment policy. Maximizing the effect of transactional leadership, they can make saleswomen recognize the purpose and detailed information on the conditional compensation and exceptional management for their business activities. The different methods to make them understood are needed : posters, counselors’ smart phones, ordering system using milage, face to face meeting, and morning meetings.