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Ideal leader profiles in the Icelandic business sector: Evidence of uniformity of followers’ attitudes

Ideal leader profiles in the Icelandic business sector: Evidence of uniformity of followers’ attitudes


Title: Ideal leader profiles in the Icelandic business sector: Evidence of uniformity of followers’ attitudes
Author: Minelgaite, Inga   orcid.org/0000-0002-4026-3222
Date: 2016
Language: English
Scope: 97-118
University/Institute: Háskóli Íslands
University of Iceland
School: Félagsvísindasvið (HÍ)
School of Social Sciences (UI)
Department: Viðskiptafræðideild (HÍ)
Faculty of Business Administration (UI)
Series: Tímarit um viðskipti og efnahagsmál;13(2)
ISSN: 1670-4444
1670-4851 (e-ISSN)
DOI: 10.24122/tve.a.2016.13.2.5
Subject: Leadership; Following; Social Culture; Leiðtogar; Menning; Félagsleg staða
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/221

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Inga Minelgaité Snæbjörnsson. (2016). Ideal leader profiles in the Icelandic business sector: Evidence of uniformity of followers’ attitudes. Tímarit um viðskipti og efnahagsmál, 13(2), 97-118. Doi:10.24122/tve.a.2016.13.2.5

Abstract:

 
Research on the ideal leader profile in a cultural context maintains its popularity as it is related to leadership effectiveness, performance of organizations and organizational outcomes. The literature suggests that the sociodememographic characteristics of the followers might affect the preferences towards ideal leader behavior and hence, are important to investigate. This article presents the results of empirical research that was conducted in Iceland on ideal leader preferences. The literature indicates that gender, education level and the age of a follower are the characteristics that might affect attitudes the most. However, the results of the empirical research presented here indicate that followers in Iceland have uniform views towards ideal leader behavior – no difference due to the follower’s gender, education level or age was indicated when describing the ideal leader. The managerial implications of the findings are discussed in the article.
 
Rannsóknir á fyrirmyndar leiðtogahæfni í menningarlegu samhengi heldur vinsældum sínum þar sem það tengist skilvirkri forystu, frammistöðu fyrirtækja og niðurstöðum þeirra. Rannsóknir benda til þess að félagslegir og lýðfræðilegir eiginleikar fylgjenda geti haft áhrif á það hvað þeim finnst ákjósanleg hegðun fyrirmyndar leiðtoga, sem gerir þetta að mikilvægu rannsóknarefni. Heimildir gefa til kynna að kyn, menntunarstig og aldur fylgjenda eru einkenni sem hafa mest áhrif á viðhorf þeirra til leiðtogahæfni. Aftur á móti gefa niðurstöður þessarar rannsóknar til kynna að fylgjendur á Íslandi hafa sameiginlegt viðhorf til fyrirmyndar leiðtogahæfni – án þess að mismunur vegna kyns, menntunarstigs eða aldurs fylgjenda hafi áhrif þegar fyrirmyndarleiðtoga er lýst. Fjallað er áhrif niðurstaðna á stjórnunarlega þætti í greininni.
 

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