The relationship between some demographic variables and leadership effectiveness among local government managers in South Africa

Bell, Clement; Rvanniekerk, Roelf; Nel, Petrus

doi:10.5897/ajbm2013.7299

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“…Research by [34] conducted in Singapore found that outcomes from leadership behaviors such as productivity and satisfaction are higher for those who are older and have been working for their organizations for a longer time. [35] argued that age is related to the effectiveness of leadership, suggesting that managements and leaders should consider age diversity while practicing leadership. On the other hand, the present study's finding is contradicted with [36]'s research.…”

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Leadership and Organizational Commitment of Vietnamese Employees During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Kiên

Konosu²

2023

PaM

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The COVID-19 pandemic hit the world as a massive and sudden shock. Organizations are having difficulties to complete their objectives while ensuring employees’ safety whereas employees are suffering from mental and psychological health concerns, in addition to work difficulties, consequently affecting their organizational commitment. In this context, organizations and employees look up to leaders for their responses. The present study tackles leadership and organizational commitment of Vietnamese employees during the COVID-19 pandemic using the quantitative methodology. Participants are 267 Vietnamese employees who are currently working under heavy restrictions. The findings show that transformational leadership is the most prominent leadership style in Vietnam during the pandemic, following by transactional leadership. Transformational leadership has a strong and positive relationship with organizational commitment. Transactional leadership has a moderate and positive relationship with organizational commitment. The relationship appears to be weak and negative in the case of passive/avoidant leadership. The outcomes of leadership, most notably leaders’ effectiveness in dealing with group and individual interests and members’ satisfaction also show a strong and positive correlation with organizational commitment. The present study also delivers recommendation to leaders that the aspect of individual consideration should receive more attention as it helps to ease members’ struggle during the crisis, increase their satisfaction, and consequently improve their organizational commitment. Keywords: Leadership, transformational leadership, transactional leadership, organizational commitment, COVID-19, pandemic.

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Leadership and Organizational Commitment of Vietnamese Employees During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Konosu²

2023

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“…In supporting this view, some scholars highlighted that it is difficult to attach student satisfaction with educational outcome since satisfaction is a reflection of the students' perception on their educational experiences, further fuelled by feelings, emotions and subjective attitudes (Summers, Waigandt, & Whittaker, 2005;Baron & Corbin, 2012). Bell et al (2015) argued that due to the emergence of a younger and highly educated workforce, a leader who can deeply connect with them is a necessity. Three demographic profile variables were proposed: gender, age and education.…”

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“…Needless to say, these decisions are vital to the universities' success. Of course, sound decisions are mostly based on logic, experience and information, but what many people do not know is that these decisions are also inherently motivated by the individual's characteristics (Jones & Bekhet, 2015;Bell, Rvanniekerk, & Nel, 2015).…”

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Impact of Leadership Style and Demographic Profile on Accounting Student Performance – The Case of Academic Administrators and Faculty Members in the Philippines

Christian

Calleja

Mendoza

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AJBA

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Manuscript type: Research paper Research aims: This study aims to investigate how leadership styles and the demographic profiles of academic administrators and faculty members can influence the university students' performance in the Board Licensure Examination for Certified Public Accountants (BLECPA). Design/Methodology/Approach: The leadership styles of the academic administrators and faculty members are measured through the

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Healthcare leadership effectiveness among managers in Public Health institutions of Addis Ababa, Central Ethiopia: a mixed methods study

Teame

Debie

Tullu

2022

BMC Health Serv Res

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Background Leadership is the ability to influence the attitudes, beliefs, and abilities of employees to achieve organisational goals. It is crucial for the successes or failures of organisational performance. Healthcare organizations need effective leadership to manage the health service delivery reforms efficiently and effectively. However, there was no adequate evidence on the current status of the healthcare leaders to make evidence-based decisions. Therefore, this study aims to assess the effectiveness of healthcare leadership and associated factors among managers working at public health institutions in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Methods Institution-based cross-sectional study triangulated with the qualitative study was employed from 01 April to 01 June 2021. A total sample of 844 healthcare managers were used to assess their leadership effectiveness. Multi-stage sampling followed by a simple random sampling technique was used to select the participants. Binary logistic regression model was fitted to identify the factors associated with healthcare leadership effectiveness. Adjusted odds ratio (AOR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) and p-value less than 0.05 during multivariable logistic regression were used to declare the factors associated with the outcome variable. We conducted key informant interviews (KIIs) to explore the views of healthcare managers on their leadership practices, mainly on vision creation, developing followership and implementing vision. We also tape-recorded the KIIs and then transcribed word by word and finally translated it into English. We conducted a thematic analysis to supplement the quantitative findings. Results In this study, 46.8% (95% CI: 43.4 -50.2) of the participants had effective healthcare leadership practices. Emotional intelligence (AOR = 7.86; 95% CI; 4.56, 13.56), democratic managers (AOR = 4.01, 95% CI; 1.98, 8.14), master or above education (AOR = 5.1; 95% CI; 2.07, 12.61) and work experience (AOR = 3.44, 95% CI; 1.24, 9.55) were positively associated with healthcare effective leadership. The challenges in healthcare leadership were mainly associated with lack of leadership knowledge and skills. In addition, autocratic leaders negatively influenced managers ability to work closely with the staffs and affected employee’s motivation. On the contrary, emotionally intelligent managers were effective on employee handling, providing chance to talk, understanding their feelings and needs. Conclusion Healthcare managers had low capacity on vision creation, implementation and developing followership, particularly the ability of vision creation was very low. Lack of leadership knowledge and skills and frequent use of autocratic leadership were the challenges for healthcare leadership effectiveness. This could also negatively influence organisational performances, managers’ ability to work closely with the staffs and reduced employee’s motivation. Therefore, strengthening emotional intelligence and empowering managers will be very helpful to improve leading health cares.

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The relationship between some demographic variables and leadership effectiveness among local government managers in South Africa

Cited by 6 publications

References 41 publications

Leadership and Organizational Commitment of Vietnamese Employees During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Leadership and Organizational Commitment of Vietnamese Employees During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Impact of Leadership Style and Demographic Profile on Accounting Student Performance – The Case of Academic Administrators and Faculty Members in the Philippines

Healthcare leadership effectiveness among managers in Public Health institutions of Addis Ababa, Central Ethiopia: a mixed methods study

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