The Relationship between Leadership Styles and Leadership Effectiveness of Middle Managers- A Case Study of Electronic Industry in Taiwan

• Main Authors: Yi Chun Chen, 陳怡君
• Other Authors: Wei Tzen Yang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/30773821569041708070

碩士 === 淡江大學 === 管理科學研究所企業經營碩士在職專班 === 99 === Middle manager is the transmitter of the core strategic value in an organization, link and resolve the value differences between the high-level manager and the first line manager. Middle manager engage in the role appropriately or not is one of the key factors to the success in an organization. Due to the importance of the Middle manager in an organization, studying the relationship between leadership styles and leadership effectiveness of the Middle manager will help the organization to reach the goal. Electronic industry in Taiwan on the annual output value of the manufacturing sector has a pivotal position. It is extremely different from the traditional manufacture industry and the service trade on leading and managing the employees. How to develop optimal leadership effectiveness under complicated circumstances is the priority task for a leader in the electronic industry. After 1980s, emerging leadership perspectives has risen, such as transformational leadership, transactional leadership, and charismatic leadership.In view of the importance and influence of the electronic industry in Taiwan, this research is base on the electronic industry in Taiwan and to study about the relationship with leadership effectiveness on both transformational leadership & transactional leadership. Through questionnaire surveys and statistical analysis results, using Reliability Analysis, Descriptive Statistics, Analysis of Variance（ANOVA）, Correlation Analysis and Regression Analysis to analyze the data.Aim at the subordinates of the middle managers in electronic industry, the questionnaires are delivered by e-mails, mails and personally. Among the 500 questionnaires, 432 copies have received and 412 copies are available. The conclusions are: 1.There is positive and significant relationship among transformational leadership, transactional leadership and target completion of the middle managers in electronic industry. 2.There is positive and significant relationship among transformational leadership, transactional leadership and subordinate attitude of the middle managers in electronic industry. 3.There is positive and significant relationship among transformational leadership, transactional leadership and group process of the middle managers in electronic industry. 4.There is positive and significant relationship among transformational leadership, transactional leadership and leadership of the middle managers in electronic industry. 5.The influence of leadership effectiveness in transformational leadership is partly higher than transactional leadership as to the middle managers in electronic industry.