TY  - JOUR
AB  - The study was conducted in the headquarters of a mining company in
Perth, Western Australia. The findings suggest that the dissonance
factor (perceived leadership style received versus preferred style) was
higher for women than for men. Women, in fact, desired a more democratic
style of leadership than men while the perceived styles were very
similar for both genders. The dissonance factor was related to job
satisfaction but it appears that the dissonance factor is a better
measure of longterm commitment to the organisation while job
satisfaction appears to measure a shorter‐term employee satisfaction.
The results of the study suggest that high levels of commitment and job
satisfaction are independent of the style of leadership received. This
challenges the advice given by organisational behaviourists over the
last few years that a democratic style was necessary to improve job
satisfaction, reduce absenteeism and labour turnover and increase
productivity.
VL  - 6
IS  - 1
SN  - 0268-3946
DO  - 10.1108/02683949110140048
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/02683949110140048
AU  - Savery Lawson K.
PY  - 1991
Y1  - 1991/01/01
TI  - PERCEIVED AND PREFERRED STYLES OF LEADERSHIP: INFLUENCES ON
EMPLOYEE JOB SATISFACTION
T2  - Journal of Managerial Psychology
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 28
EP  - 32
Y2  - 2024/04/24
ER  -