The effects of democratic leadership on group member satisfaction - An integration

    Authors

    R. Foels; J. E. Driskell; B. Mullen;E. Salas

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Small Group Res.

    Keywords

    SUBORDINATE SATISFACTION; GENDER; PRODUCTIVITY; BEHAVIOR; PERFORMANCE; DIVERSITY; STYLE; WORK; TASK; SEX; Psychology, Applied; Management; Psychology, Social

    Abstract

    Previous research highlights one of the paradoxes of different leadership styles: Group members may be more satisfied,with democratic leadership, or group members may be more satisfied with autocratic leadership. A meta-analytic integration of research evidence addressing this paradox revealed that there was, in general a significant, small tendency for groups experiencing democratic leadership to be more satisfied than groups experiencing autocratic leadership. However, these effects,were moderated by several variables, including the reality of the groups, the size of the groups, the gender composition of the groups, and the potency of leadership style. These,moderating variables may be important given the recent push toward adoption of democratic decision,making in organizations. The discussion considers theoretical accounts for these effects of lendership style on member satisfaction.

    Journal Title

    Small Group Research

    Volume

    31

    Issue/Number

    6

    Publication Date

    1-1-2000

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    676

    Last Page

    701

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000165145900003

    ISSN

    1046-4964

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