Exploring common key behaviours of successful leaders in a centralized organization
(2021) PSYK11 20202Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- The aim of this research was to get an understanding of what key behaviours successful leaders possess and how they use them as tools in their daily leadership. An objective was also to see if there was a relation between the leaders attributes and the key behaviours and characteristics that define transformational leadership. The study was qualitative and carried out by performing semi-structured interviews with six different managers that lead teams at the company E.ON. These leaders were selected by examining an employee survey that E.ON uses called Winningtemp which measures temperature in the teams where all of the participants in this study had received a high result from their coworkers. The theories that laid the foundation of this... (More)
- The aim of this research was to get an understanding of what key behaviours successful leaders possess and how they use them as tools in their daily leadership. An objective was also to see if there was a relation between the leaders attributes and the key behaviours and characteristics that define transformational leadership. The study was qualitative and carried out by performing semi-structured interviews with six different managers that lead teams at the company E.ON. These leaders were selected by examining an employee survey that E.ON uses called Winningtemp which measures temperature in the teams where all of the participants in this study had received a high result from their coworkers. The theories that laid the foundation of this study were fixated on transformational leadership by Burns and Bass and its different components. The results from the interviews were analyzed with an inductive, thematic approach which resulted in one main theme and three sub-themes. The main theme was communication, and the sub-themes were compassion, connectedness and clarity. All of the managers in this research practiced their leadership with a clear focus on having regular dialogues with their employees. This was to get to know them and so the managers could figure out how to lead the individuals in the team successfully. These four different themes were the key behaviours found in the leaders. The study also indicated that these managers practiced transformational leadership and thereby, it was one of the reasons that they were appreciated by the coworkers. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Den här studien avser att studera vilka nyckelbeteenden framgångsrika ledare visar och hur de använder dessa som verktyg i sina dagliga arbeten. Studien har även haft som mål att identifiera om dessa nyckelbeteendena kan koppla till teorier kring transformativt ledarskap. Själva undersökningen var kvalitativ och utfördes genom semi-strukturerade intervjuer med sex olika chefer som leder grupper på företaget E.ON. Ledarna identifierades av att studera ett medarbetarundersökningsverktyg som företaget använder sig av som heter Winningtemp där alla ledare hade fått en hög skattning av sina medarbetare. Uppsatsens teoretiska grund lades av teorier kring transformativt ledarskap och dess olika delar av Burns (1978) och Bass (1990). Intervjuernas... (More)
- Den här studien avser att studera vilka nyckelbeteenden framgångsrika ledare visar och hur de använder dessa som verktyg i sina dagliga arbeten. Studien har även haft som mål att identifiera om dessa nyckelbeteendena kan koppla till teorier kring transformativt ledarskap. Själva undersökningen var kvalitativ och utfördes genom semi-strukturerade intervjuer med sex olika chefer som leder grupper på företaget E.ON. Ledarna identifierades av att studera ett medarbetarundersökningsverktyg som företaget använder sig av som heter Winningtemp där alla ledare hade fått en hög skattning av sina medarbetare. Uppsatsens teoretiska grund lades av teorier kring transformativt ledarskap och dess olika delar av Burns (1978) och Bass (1990). Intervjuernas resultat undersöktes genom en induktiv tematisk analys vilket resulterade i ett huvudtema och tre “subteman”. Huvudtemat var kommunikation och subteman var omtanke, tydlighet och samhörighet. Den röda tråden bland ledarna var att de utförde sitt ledarskap genom att ha en tydlig dialog med sina medarbetare för att lära känna dem samt för att kunna förstå hur de skulle leda personerna i teamet med största möjliga framgång. Dessa teman gav svaret på forskningsfrågan om nyckelbeteenden. Studien kom även fram till att ledarna som deltog i denna studien utövar transformativt ledarskap och att det är en av anledningarna till varför de är så uppskattade av sina medarbetare. (Less)
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- author
- Christensen, Julia LU and Thuresson, Oscar LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- PSYK11 20202
- year
- 2021
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Transformative leadership, leadership, key behaviour, successful leadership
- language
- English
- id
- 9035786
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- 2021-01-21 13:38:21
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Exploring common key behaviours of successful leaders in a centralized organization}},
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