The influence of optimism and socioeconomic characteristics on leadership practices

The role of optimism and socioeconomic characteristics of managers on leadership practices in small enterprises, in Bogotá, Colombia, was determined. Ninety managers completed the Leadership Practices Inventory and The Revised Life Orientation Test, as well as they provided information about persona...

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Autores principales:	Fernando Juárez, Francoise Contreras
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Lenguaje:	EN ES
Publicado:	Universidad de San Buenaventura 2012
Materias:	Optimism socioeconomic leadership transformational-transactional small enterprises Psychology BF1-990
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:fbee2e3b07114886989a43e74e118d482021-11-25T02:23:13ZThe influence of optimism and socioeconomic characteristics on leadership practices10.21500/20112084.7332011-20842011-7922https://doaj.org/article/fbee2e3b07114886989a43e74e118d482012-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistas.usb.edu.co/index.php/IJPR/article/view/733https://doaj.org/toc/2011-2084https://doaj.org/toc/2011-7922The role of optimism and socioeconomic characteristics of managers on leadership practices in small enterprises, in Bogotá, Colombia, was determined. Ninety managers completed the Leadership Practices Inventory and The Revised Life Orientation Test, as well as they provided information about personal and business socio-economic characteristics. Association measures between socio-economic and optimism variables with the Leadership Practices Inventory were taken. Besides, by Chi square test, Mann-Whitney`s U and Kruskal-Wallis tests, they were determined socioeconomic differences in leadership styles, and, by a structural equation model, the effect of age, gender, marital status, socioeconomic status, number of employees of the company, economic sector, and optimism on leadership practices was analyzed. Only optimism and number of employees showed to be significant.Fernando JuárezFrancoise ContrerasUniversidad de San BuenaventuraarticleOptimismsocioeconomicleadershiptransformational-transactionalsmall enterprisesPsychologyBF1-990ENESInternational Journal of Psychological Research, Vol 5, Iss 2 (2012)
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description	The role of optimism and socioeconomic characteristics of managers on leadership practices in small enterprises, in Bogotá, Colombia, was determined. Ninety managers completed the Leadership Practices Inventory and The Revised Life Orientation Test, as well as they provided information about personal and business socio-economic characteristics. Association measures between socio-economic and optimism variables with the Leadership Practices Inventory were taken. Besides, by Chi square test, Mann-Whitney`s U and Kruskal-Wallis tests, they were determined socioeconomic differences in leadership styles, and, by a structural equation model, the effect of age, gender, marital status, socioeconomic status, number of employees of the company, economic sector, and optimism on leadership practices was analyzed. Only optimism and number of employees showed to be significant.
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The influence of optimism and socioeconomic characteristics on leadership practices

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