Dhammika, K.A.S. and Ahmed, Fais and Thi, Lip Sam (2010) Leadership Effectiveness in Unionized Work Environment: A Study on the Public Sector Organizations in Sri Lanka. International Postgraduate Business Journal (IPBJ), 2 (2). pp. 47-73. ISSN 2180-2459

Preview

PDF - Published Version Available under License Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Download (285kB) | Preview

Abstract

Leadership effectiveness has been the central theme in most leadership research in early years of the 20th century. Behavior of the leader stands prominent as a determinant of leadership effectiveness in organizations. Understanding of effective leadership requires understanding both transactional nature of leadership as explained by existing theories, and the transformational influences of leadership. However, very few studies have been carried out on transformational and transactional leadership in unionized work context. Public sector organizations in Sri Lanka are characterized with high unionization of employees. Further, majority of the unions are politicized in terms of affiliation with main stream political parties. This situation has created a context where administrators of public sector organizations face context specific challenges and issues. With the common allegation leveled against the public sector organizations over their ineffectiveness, it is the leadership of these organizations which comes under criticism over their leadership effectiveness. However, no systematic study has been done to explore this issue in a managerial perspective. This paper proposes to examine the leadership effectiveness of the public sector organization under unionized work environment in Sri Lanka.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	transformational leadership, transactional leadership, union politicization, job satisfaction, union commitment, organizational commitment, employee performance
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HF Commerce
Divisions:	Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business
Depositing User:	Mrs Nurin Jazlina Hamid
Date Deposited:	01 Feb 2024 11:07
Last Modified:	01 Feb 2024 11:07
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/30339

Actions (login required)

View Item