Exploring Differences in Leadership Styles in Romanian Software Development Industry

Sofia David, Edit Lukacs () and Alexandru Capatina ()
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Edit Lukacs: Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, Romania
Alexandru Capatina: Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, Romania

Economics and Applied Informatics, 2013, issue 3, 11-16

Abstract: Leadership style is considered an important factor that influences the firm perfomance. The aim of the present paper is to explore the correlations between the gender and management level of the managers, considered as independent variables, and the managers leadership styles as dependent variables. The study was based on an empirical research undertaken on a representative sample of 80 managers from different hierarchical levels in Romanian software development companies. The research methodology involved a design of two hypotheses, tested by means of Pearson chi-square. The research results emphasize a cultural specific context and some suggestions for future research are provided.

Keywords: Leadership effectiveness; Software industry; Transformational leadership; Affiliative style (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M12 M15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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