TRANSFORMATIONAL AND TRANSACTIONAL LEADERSHIP: A STUDY OF THEIR INFLUENCE IN SMALL COMPANIES

This work aims at finding out whether or not leadership style influences the performance of small firms. For this purpose, the study utilized the categories of transformational, transactional leadership and laissez faire style, with a sample of 96 managers of small companies in northern Chile. The r...

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Autores principales: Pedraja-Rejas,Liliana, Rodríguez-Ponce,Emilio, Delgado-Almonte,Milagros, Rodríguez-Ponce,Juan
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Publicado: Universidad de Tarapacá. 2006
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-330520060001000102009-08-07TRANSFORMATIONAL AND TRANSACTIONAL LEADERSHIP: A STUDY OF THEIR INFLUENCE IN SMALL COMPANIESPedraja-Rejas,LilianaRodríguez-Ponce,EmilioDelgado-Almonte,MilagrosRodríguez-Ponce,Juan Strategic management transformational leadership transactional leadership laissez faire leadership small business This work aims at finding out whether or not leadership style influences the performance of small firms. For this purpose, the study utilized the categories of transformational, transactional leadership and laissez faire style, with a sample of 96 managers of small companies in northern Chile. The results obtained show that, in the organizations studied, transformational leadership is moderate, whereas the transactional style is frequent and laissez faire style is infrequent. Similarly, with regard to the effects of leadership on the effectiveness of the small companies analyzed, it was found that transformational leadership has a positive impact on performance, whereas transactional leadership and laissez faire style had a negative impact.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad de Tarapacá.Ingeniare. Revista chilena de ingeniería v.14 n.2 20062006-08-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-33052006000100010en10.4067/S0718-33052006000100010
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topic Strategic management
transformational leadership
transactional leadership
laissez faire leadership
small business
spellingShingle Strategic management
transformational leadership
transactional leadership
laissez faire leadership
small business
Pedraja-Rejas,Liliana
Rodríguez-Ponce,Emilio
Delgado-Almonte,Milagros
Rodríguez-Ponce,Juan
TRANSFORMATIONAL AND TRANSACTIONAL LEADERSHIP: A STUDY OF THEIR INFLUENCE IN SMALL COMPANIES
description This work aims at finding out whether or not leadership style influences the performance of small firms. For this purpose, the study utilized the categories of transformational, transactional leadership and laissez faire style, with a sample of 96 managers of small companies in northern Chile. The results obtained show that, in the organizations studied, transformational leadership is moderate, whereas the transactional style is frequent and laissez faire style is infrequent. Similarly, with regard to the effects of leadership on the effectiveness of the small companies analyzed, it was found that transformational leadership has a positive impact on performance, whereas transactional leadership and laissez faire style had a negative impact.
author Pedraja-Rejas,Liliana
Rodríguez-Ponce,Emilio
Delgado-Almonte,Milagros
Rodríguez-Ponce,Juan
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Rodríguez-Ponce,Emilio
Delgado-Almonte,Milagros
Rodríguez-Ponce,Juan
author_sort Pedraja-Rejas,Liliana
title TRANSFORMATIONAL AND TRANSACTIONAL LEADERSHIP: A STUDY OF THEIR INFLUENCE IN SMALL COMPANIES
title_short TRANSFORMATIONAL AND TRANSACTIONAL LEADERSHIP: A STUDY OF THEIR INFLUENCE IN SMALL COMPANIES
title_full TRANSFORMATIONAL AND TRANSACTIONAL LEADERSHIP: A STUDY OF THEIR INFLUENCE IN SMALL COMPANIES
title_fullStr TRANSFORMATIONAL AND TRANSACTIONAL LEADERSHIP: A STUDY OF THEIR INFLUENCE IN SMALL COMPANIES
title_full_unstemmed TRANSFORMATIONAL AND TRANSACTIONAL LEADERSHIP: A STUDY OF THEIR INFLUENCE IN SMALL COMPANIES
title_sort transformational and transactional leadership: a study of their influence in small companies
publisher Universidad de Tarapacá.
publishDate 2006
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