Kauno miesto SVV organizacijų analizė vadovų lyčių lyderystės aspektu
| Date | Issue | Start Page | End Page |
|---|---|---|---|
2014 | 72 | 63 | 77 |
Straipsnyje pristatomi empirinio tyrimo rezultatai atskleidžia darbuotojų požiūrį į vadovus įvairiais lyčių lyderystės aspektais ir leidžia įvertinti lytiškumo įtaką vadovų lyderiškumo bruožams, elgesiui bei juos ir vadovų sėkmingumą lemiančius veiksnius. Tyrimas buvo atliktas Kauno mieste veikiančiose smulkiose ir vidutinėse organizacijose, naudojant kiekybinį tyrimo metodą – internetinę apklausą.
There is still a prevailing approach in management science, as well as in practice, that success of organizations mostly depends on their top managers. It is very difficult to find out the answer to the question what determines success in manager’s job. The increasing number of female managers cause more and more frequent considerations on differences between male and female managers, also which gender managers are more successful in different organization’s life stages. It seems that the following stereotypes are still widespread in the society: managers of organizations must be leaders, managers or leaders are naturally born; managers and leaders are different as well as management and leadership; men are more successful managers than women. The efforts to find answers to these issues reveal that scholars and authors in this field of management usually analyse personal qualities of leadership, inherent leader‘s behaviour or characteristics in various situations. Less attention is being paid on behaviour and personal qualities of manager. The survey presented in the article also could contribute to scientific discussion on gender leadership, determining the differences of leadership of male and female managers identified by their subordinates. The survey has been carried out questioning the employees of small and medium-sized enterprises of Kaunas city (hereinafter referred to as SMEs). This segment was chosen because employees in such size organizations are more familiar with the top managers. The goal of the survey – to compare top managers of different genders in SMBs of Kaunas city and to evaluate the gender aspect’s influence on the managers’ personal traits, inherent leadership behaviour as well as the factors influencing managers’ success. The methods of the survey: analysis of literature sources, questionnaire, Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), MS Excel, comparative analysis.[...]