Cultura y estilos de liderazgo en unidades académicas: Un estudio en una institución de educación superior

This article explores the perception of a group of academics about the leadership style of their directors as well as the organizational culture within their respective academic units, in order to identify which one of these are more related to quality levels. For this purpose, 161 faculty members from a public university in Chile were studied, and in order to test the model, a multilevel structural equations model was used. Results indicate that at the level of academic’s, transformational leadership is associated with a greater perception of adhocratic culture, and at the department level the link between the director’s level of transformational leadership and performance is mediated by the adhocratic culture of the department.