The Impact of Path-Goal Leadership Styles on Work Group
The Impact of Path-Goal Leadership Styles on Work Group Effectiveness and Turnover Intention
Marva L Dixon, Laura Kozloski Hart. Journal of Managerial Issues. Pittsburg:Spring 2010. Vol. 22, Iss. 1, p. 52-69,6-7 (20 pp.) |
Abstract (Summary)
Leaders continuously seek to improve organizational performance and enhance work group effectiveness to drive competitiveness and curtail the cost of employee turnover. The diversity of many work groups in the U.S. creates potential benefits and challenges for their leaders. Using data gathered from a manufacturing facility in southeastern U.S., this study examines how Path-Goal leadership styles, diversity, work group effectiveness, and work group members' turnover intention are related. Although all three Path-Goal leadership styles demonstrated significant positive correlations with work group effectiveness, only the Supportive style showed a significant negative relationship with turnover intention. Interestingly, work group effectiveness showed no significant correlation with turnover intention. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT] Full Text (5188 words) |
Copyright Pittsburg State University, Department of Economics Spring 2010
Globalization and the demand for a skilled, educated, and expeditious workforce pressure organizations to leverage their diverse workforces to gain competitive advantage (Harris, 1996). Throughout the next decade, the U.S. workforce is forecasted to become even more diverse, with 75 percent of the immigrant population arriving in the United States from Asia and Latin America, with only five percent coming from Canada and Europe. Women and minorities were projected to represent 70 percent of the U.S.'s 2008 workforce (Lockwood, 2005).
To maintain financial competitiveness in this diverse landscape, organizational leaders must embrace the leadership styles that are most effective in motivating the diverse groups in which many employees work. Diversity in work groups can generate significant benefits for
Marva L Dixon, Laura Kozloski Hart. Journal of Managerial Issues. Pittsburg:Spring 2010. Vol. 22, Iss. 1, p. 52-69,6-7 (20 pp.) |
Abstract (Summary)
Leaders continuously seek to improve organizational performance and enhance work group effectiveness to drive competitiveness and curtail the cost of employee turnover. The diversity of many work groups in the U.S. creates potential benefits and challenges for their leaders. Using data gathered from a manufacturing facility in southeastern U.S., this study examines how Path-Goal leadership styles, diversity, work group effectiveness, and work group members' turnover intention are related. Although all three Path-Goal leadership styles demonstrated significant positive correlations with work group effectiveness, only the Supportive style showed a significant negative relationship with turnover intention. Interestingly, work group effectiveness showed no significant correlation with turnover intention. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT] Full Text (5188 words) |
Copyright Pittsburg State University, Department of Economics Spring 2010
Globalization and the demand for a skilled, educated, and expeditious workforce pressure organizations to leverage their diverse workforces to gain competitive advantage (Harris, 1996). Throughout the next decade, the U.S. workforce is forecasted to become even more diverse, with 75 percent of the immigrant population arriving in the United States from Asia and Latin America, with only five percent coming from Canada and Europe. Women and minorities were projected to represent 70 percent of the U.S.'s 2008 workforce (Lockwood, 2005).
To maintain financial competitiveness in this diverse landscape, organizational leaders must embrace the leadership styles that are most effective in motivating the diverse groups in which many employees work. Diversity in work groups can generate significant benefits for
References: Tables | Publication title: | Journal of Managerial Issues. Pittsburg: Spring 2010. Vol. 22, Iss. 1; pg. 52, 20 pgs | Source type: | Periodical | ISSN: | 10453695 | ProQuest document ID: | 2018477151 | Text Word Count | 5188 | Document URL: | http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=2018477151&Fmt=3&clientId=9678&RQT=309&VName=PQD |