The Relationship Between Socio-Cultural Valves And Leadership Styles And Its Impact Towards Organizational Commitment
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Date
2001-04
Authors
Abd Wahab, Noor Zila
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Past research has indicated that levels of organizational commitment vary with
leadership styles practiced by managers. When interacting with subordinates,
managers have to pay special attention to their subordinates' values and how they
perceive their leaders pertaining to their beliefs, practices and preferences in dealing
with their immediate superior. Managers have to recognize that their subordinates are
human beings, not just as those who are expected to do the job. Hence this study seeks
to provide answers to the issues of socio-cultural values in Malaysia and how it
influences the leadership styles of the leaders. It also sees the impact of these
relationships towards organizational commitment. The study involved 112
respondents from various organizations in the northern region of Malaysia. The
findings have resulted in only partial acceptance of the hypothesis. Nevertheless these
findings revealed some interesting results. The findings indicate that Malaysians
prefer nurturant-task and participative leadership styles. Autocratic leadership style is
not favored. Socio-cultural values do influence leadership style although the strength
on some influence is rather weak. This present study is of significant value for
managers and investors who intends to venture business in Malaysia to understand
that different socio-cultural values exist in Malaysia and how the relationship with
leadership styles affect organizational commitment. Thus managers are able to use the
information in this study to adapt and adopt the best leadership style suited to the
Malaysian environment.
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Socio-cultural values in Malaysia and how it , influences the leadership styles of the leaders.