Resumen
This study aims to determine whether or not leadership styles influence organizational culture. Subsequently, it seeks to discover whether organizational culture impacts organizational performance, using a sample of 68 top executives from SMEs in Chile. Research results show that a relationship exists between leadership styles and the organizational culture; in this context, leadership style explains 46.2% of the innovative culture and 73.1% of the competitive culture. Likewise, there is also a relationship between organizational culture and effectiveness, since, in the analyzed sample, 69.9% of the effectiveness is explained by culture.
| Título traducido de la contribución | Leadership styles, organizational culture and effectiveness: An empirical study in small and medium firms |
|---|---|
| Idioma original | Español |
| Páginas (desde-hasta) | 629-641 |
| Número de páginas | 13 |
| Publicación | Revista de Ciencias Sociales |
| Volumen | 16 |
| N.º | 4 |
| Estado | Publicada - 2010 |
Palabras clave
- Effectiveness
- Leadership styles
- Organizational culture
- Small and medium enterprises.