This study aims to examine the relationship between leadership style and
organizational culture, the impacts of organizational
effectiveness on leadership
style, organizational culture and their relationship among Taiwan companies. In
order to generalize the related results, this study selects industry group and
organizational structure for assessing whether different industry group and
organizational structure would result in different organizational culture,
leadership, their relationship, and organizational effectiveness upon their
relationship.
Based on Bass and Avolio (1990), the classification of leadership includes
transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire leadership.
Relatively compare
to leadership styles, upon Cooke and Szumal (1993), the classification of
organizational culture includes constructive, aggressive/defensive, and
passive/defensive types. These matched styles allow this study empirically
examine the relationship between organizational culture and
leadership style and
the impacts of their relationship. Total samples are 1021, consisting of 927
effective samples, selected from 94 electronic, textile, and
securities companies
whose top leaders are required to have at least two-year
experience. The empirical
testing of this study consists of seven propositions and eight hypotheses.
The empirical findings of this study can be summarized as follows: First,
most Taiwan companies are characterized as transformational leadership and
constructive culture. In addition, the other two classes of
organizational culture
and leadership style also have an exact one-on-one mapping each other. These
results can be attributed to Chinese tradition. This can be considered as a new
finding in the area. Second, different relationship between
organizational culture
and leadership style produce significantly different level of organizational
effectiveness. This is also a new finding in related
literature. Third and finally,
industry group does not significantly affect the relationship
between culture and
leadership style; but the organizational structure does. In
addition, this study finds
that there exists substitution and offset effect deriving from the impacts of
formalization and centralization on organizational culture,
leadership style, and
organizational effectiveness. This result can also be
considered as a new finding
of the area.