Review of Leadership Styles in Perspective of Dynamic Capabilities: An Empirical Research on Managers in Manufacturing Firms

Year 2020, Volume: 18 Issue: 36, 389 - 407, 23.03.2020

Bülent Akkaya

https://doi.org/10.35408/comuybd.681427

Cited By: 6

Abstract

Firms need to adapt to
changes in both their internal and external environments and create new systems
that let them focus on new trends, identify improvements, try to guess their
potential impact on their management and manufacturing system.  They try to learn quickly how to implement
changes to their standard operating procedures. A wide range of factors affects
this procedure. To achieve this, they should be managed by modern leaders. The
purpose of this research is to investigate the leadership dimensions and a
related framework for assessing leadership styles, in relation to the context
in which the leader works in dynamic environment. Furthermore, the purpose of
this study was to examine the relative impact of different types of leadership
on firms’ dynamic capabilities. Research is reported on data from a large
sample of leaders and managers (n 214) from a range of private manufacturing
organizations in West of Turkey. Content analyses, one of the methods of  quality analysis,  and
MAXMaps were performed in context of top-down &bottom-up confirmation
method. SPSS and Maxqda analyses program was used to analyze data. The
results show that agile and transformational leaders can enhance firms’ dynamic
capabilities indirectly or indirectly by creating an organizational atmosphere
where employees and followers are encouraged, motivated, inspired to be a role
model, open to change, and innovation. However, it was found that the link
between dynamic capabilities of a firm and hubristic and autocratic leadership
was slightly positive.

Keywords

Leadership Styles, Leadership, Dynamic Capabilities, Agile Leader, Hubristic Leader

Review of Leadership Styles in Perspective of Dynamic Capabilities: An Empirical Research on Managers in Manufacturing Firms

Abstract

Firms need to adapt to changes in both their internal and external environments and create new systems that let them focus on new trends, identify improvements, try to guess their potential impact on their management and manufacturing system. They try to learn quickly how to implement changes to their standard operating procedures. A wide range of factors affects this procedure. To achieve this, they should be managed by modern leaders. The purpose of this research is to investigate the leadership dimensions and a related framework for assessing leadership styles, in relation to the context in which the leader works in dynamic environment. Furthermore, the purpose of this study was to examine the relative impact of different types of leadership on firms’ dynamic capabilities. Research is reported on data from a large sample of leaders and managers (n 214) from a range of private manufacturing organizations in West of Turkey. Content analyses, one of the methods of quality analysis, and MAXMaps were performed in context of top-down &bottom-up confirmation method. SPSS and Maxqda analyses program was used to analyze data. The results show that agile and transformational leaders can enhance firms’ dynamic capabilities indirectly or indirectly by creating an organizational atmosphere where employees and followers are encouraged, motivated, inspired to be a role model, open to change, and innovation. However, it was found that the link between dynamic capabilities of a firm and hubristic and autocratic leadership was slightly positive.

Keywords

Leadership Styles, Leadership, Dynamic Capabilities, Agile Leader, Hubristic Leader

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