Title

The Effects Of Democratic Leadership On Group Member Satisfaction An Integration

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 leadership style on member satisfaction.

Publication Date

1-1-2000

Publication Title

Small Group Research

Volume

31

Issue

6

Number of Pages

676-701

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/104649640003100603

Socpus ID

0034339185 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0034339185

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