HOW DO MANAGEMENT STYLES INFLUENCE THE WORK BEHAVIOUR. A STUDY CASE OF TEACHERS FACING ECONOMIC CRISIS AND REFORM IN EDUCATION
Keywords:
work satisfaction, managementl style, strategies for reducing resistance to change, personal effort perception, personal risk perceptionAbstract
Since managers are considered to have a great influence over organizational productivity and also over employees’ performance, in the present research we aim to identify how managers influence the work satisfaction and how they manage to helptheir workforce to reduce the resistance to change generated by both the education reform elements and economical crisis. We investigated a number of 51 teachers enrolled in pre-primary and primary education system, by using a survey based questionnaire of 72 items disposed on 5 dimensions. The results show that managers with simulative leading styles use more often the negotiation techniques when coming to change compared with autocratic managers, who are more likely to impose changes. Also participative leading style seems to have a positive influence over the employees work satisfaction and to lower the personal risk and effort perception.Â
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