Leadership Styles

The Relationship between Leadership Styles and Lecturers' Job Satisfaction in Institutions of Higher Learning in Kenya

“…They pointed out that top-down commands are the routine means of communication; decisions are exclusively made at the top of the institutions such that initiative and opinions of subordinates are disregarded and motivation is enhanced through fear and punishment, whereas rewards are seldom given. Moreover, control is the primary management strategy, objectivity is emphasized in the organization and managers tend to be insensitive to human problems and display little affection toward employees [6]. Table 1 outlines the main characteristics of exploitative authoritarian leadership style.…”

Critical Analyses of Leadership Style in One of Indonesian Primary School

“…Hoyle (2006) explained that leadership style comprises of a leader's general identity, disposition, and communication methods in guiding others toward achieving hierarchical or individual objectives. In the literature on educational leadership, several leadership styles are found in line with theories of Fiedler"s Contingency model of leadership.…”

“…However, this theory is limited to the capacities which enable leaders to act in certain situations (Northouse, 2013). Alternatively, Hoyle (2006) suggests broader concepts of leadership styles: authoritarian, participative, transactional, and transformational. In addition, these styles are commonly found in educational research in relation to school principals" leadership styles research (Ibid, 2006).…”

“…Hoyle (2006) suggests that authoritarian leadership is categorized as the style which enable leader to force the work done by staffs and display little emotion towards the staffs. This style basically adopts the concept of control which is the primary management strategy by the leader and to some extent, authoritarian leaders can be viewed as successful in certain task situation and condition (Ibid.,2006).…”

Responsibility

“…27 Chip Souba, Dean of Dartmouth of Medical School, gives a more up-to-date definition of leadership when he defined it as, ''Leaders define what the future should look like, align people with that vision, and inspire them to make it happen despite obstacles.'' 31 In the 1800s, Taylor described leadership theory as a study of productivity. Managers are people who produce predictability and order through planning, organization, and control.…”