- Title
- The leadership competencies subordinates value : an exploratory study across gender and national culture
- Creator
- Gondongwe, Sharon
- ThesisAdvisor
- Amos, Trevor
- Subject
- Leadership
- Subject
- Organizational behavior
- Subject
- Organizational behavior -- Cross-cultural studies
- Subject
- Organizational behavior -- Sex differences
- Date
- 2014
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MCom
- Identifier
- vital:1203
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1015673
- Description
- The effectiveness of leadership is largely dependent on whether the leadership competencies exhibited by leaders are congruent with the value system endorsed by subordinates. One of the ways in which leaders can influence subordinates is by understanding the leadership competencies valued by subordinates. Gender and national culture are two of the many factors that have an influence on the leadership competencies valued by subordinates. A large amount of research has been conducted to determine if, indeed, gender and national culture influence the leadership competencies subordinates' value. However, most of this research has been conducted in Europe and North America, places in which national cultures differ significantly from those prevailing in African countries. This study, from a South African and Zimbabwean perspective, attempted to ascertain if gender and national culture influence the leadership competencies they value in their leaders. Existing studies have indicated that gender and national culture do not influence the leadership competencies valued in a leader. The findings of this study are in accordance with previous research and agree that gender and national culture do not influence the leadership competencies valued in a leader. The results of this study indicated that male and female subordinates value similar leadership competencies. With respect to national culture, both South African and Zimbabwean subordinates value similar leadership competencies. Based on the findings of this study, regardless of gender and national culture, all subordinates value a leader who is loyal, visionary, openly embodies integrity, and is a leader who empowers subordinates.
- Format
- 146 leaves, pdf
- Publisher
- Rhodes University, Faculty of Commerce, Management
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Gondongwe, Sharon
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