ISSN: 2081-9579
eISSN: 2353-2815
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DOI: 10.18276/wpe.2017.14-05
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nr 14 (2017)
Comparative research of dominant leadership styles in large enterprises in the Republic of Croatia
| Authors: |
Ivona
Vrdoljak Raguz
University of Dubrovnik, Department of Economics and Business Economics, Croatia |
| Keywords: | dominant leadership style large enterprises the Republic of Croatia |
| Data publikacji całości: | 2017 |
| Page range: | 9 (79-87) |
| Klasyfikacja JEL: | M19 M20 |
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This paper is a part of the project under the title: Strategy of Corporation - present future (Search for possibilities of growth companies in the Republic of Croatia), Leader: Professor Ivan Mencer, Project funded: The University of Rijeka.
Abstract
The main goal of this paper is to present comparative analysis of dominant leadership styles in large Croatian enterprises. The research framework which examines leadership styles in large Croatian enterprises is based on the Likert analysis of organization and leadership styles. Survey research was conducted in 2008 and 2015. The result of the research reveals that the dominant leadership style in large Croatian enterprises regarding the enterprise size has not changed a lot in these seven years and that it is still between benevolent-authoritative and consultative leadership style. Details of the results, implications of the findings and conclusions are presented and discussed in this paper.
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