Does leadership style matter in change management success? Employee performance as a proxy of effective change / Kee Swee Lin ... [et al.]

Past researchers have indicated that an effective change requires influencing employees positively and accomplishing group objectives. Managing change effectively in an organization is dependent on various factors and one of them is leadership style. The main purpose of this paper is to investiga...

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Main Authors: Kee, Swee Lin, Ramayah, T., Dahlan, Noornina, Lo, May Chiun
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Business and Management ; UiTM Press 2007
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spelling uitm-114402016-11-30T08:22:42Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11440/ Does leadership style matter in change management success? Employee performance as a proxy of effective change / Kee Swee Lin ... [et al.] Kee, Swee Lin Ramayah, T. Dahlan, Noornina Lo, May Chiun Malaysia Organizational change. Organizational development. Corporate turnarounds Rating of employees Past researchers have indicated that an effective change requires influencing employees positively and accomplishing group objectives. Managing change effectively in an organization is dependent on various factors and one of them is leadership style. The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the change effectiveness' dependence on leadership style. Data collected using a structured questionnaire showed that leadership style does influence effectiveness of change although out of the 3 styles used only one; participative leadership style was a significant predictor of success. The paper outlines a clear link between various leadership styles and the success of change management. Furthermore this paper identifies a major new source of strategic leadership value added in the companies' attention to creating processes and encouraging efforts for change management. Implications of the findings, potential limitations of the study, and directions for future research are suggested. Faculty of Business and Management ; UiTM Press 2007 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11440/1/AJ_KEE%20SWEE%20LIN%20JIBE%2007.pdf Kee, Swee Lin and Ramayah, T. and Dahlan, Noornina and Lo, May Chiun (2007) Does leadership style matter in change management success? Employee performance as a proxy of effective change / Kee Swee Lin ... [et al.]. Journal of International Business, Economics and Entrepreneurship (JIBE), 13 (1). pp. 19-37. ISSN 0128-7494 https://jibe.uitm.edu.my/
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language English
topic Malaysia
Organizational change. Organizational development. Corporate turnarounds
Rating of employees
spellingShingle Malaysia
Organizational change. Organizational development. Corporate turnarounds
Rating of employees
Kee, Swee Lin
Ramayah, T.
Dahlan, Noornina
Lo, May Chiun
Does leadership style matter in change management success? Employee performance as a proxy of effective change / Kee Swee Lin ... [et al.]
description Past researchers have indicated that an effective change requires influencing employees positively and accomplishing group objectives. Managing change effectively in an organization is dependent on various factors and one of them is leadership style. The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the change effectiveness' dependence on leadership style. Data collected using a structured questionnaire showed that leadership style does influence effectiveness of change although out of the 3 styles used only one; participative leadership style was a significant predictor of success. The paper outlines a clear link between various leadership styles and the success of change management. Furthermore this paper identifies a major new source of strategic leadership value added in the companies' attention to creating processes and encouraging efforts for change management. Implications of the findings, potential limitations of the study, and directions for future research are suggested.
format Article
author Kee, Swee Lin
Ramayah, T.
Dahlan, Noornina
Lo, May Chiun
author_facet Kee, Swee Lin
Ramayah, T.
Dahlan, Noornina
Lo, May Chiun
author_sort Kee, Swee Lin
title Does leadership style matter in change management success? Employee performance as a proxy of effective change / Kee Swee Lin ... [et al.]
title_short Does leadership style matter in change management success? Employee performance as a proxy of effective change / Kee Swee Lin ... [et al.]
title_full Does leadership style matter in change management success? Employee performance as a proxy of effective change / Kee Swee Lin ... [et al.]
title_fullStr Does leadership style matter in change management success? Employee performance as a proxy of effective change / Kee Swee Lin ... [et al.]
title_full_unstemmed Does leadership style matter in change management success? Employee performance as a proxy of effective change / Kee Swee Lin ... [et al.]
title_sort does leadership style matter in change management success? employee performance as a proxy of effective change / kee swee lin ... [et al.]
publisher Faculty of Business and Management ; UiTM Press
publishDate 2007
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11440/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11440/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11440/1/AJ_KEE%20SWEE%20LIN%20JIBE%2007.pdf
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