Studying Utilization of Model Leadership Style by Managers of Public Organizations in Isfahan Province

In the present survey the researcher intended to study utilization of model leadership style by managers of public organizations in Isfahan province. The purpose was to help the managers and policy makers across public organizations of the country to establish suitable strategies using model leadership style and increase their own competitive advantage in public service. The survey was conducted using descriptive-field method. The statistical population was consisted of employees of some public organizations in Isfahan province that were equal to fourteen thousand one-hundred ten persons. In order to determine the sample size Cochran formula was used that was equal to three-hundred seventy four persons. Model leadership style's researcher self-made questionnaire was tool of data collection. Among the distributed questionnaires three-hundred six questionnaires were returned (return rate of the questionnaire was equal to 82%). It had high reliability (Cronbach alpha= 0.989) and its validity was ascertained through content validity and face validity by supervisor and advisor professors as well as some experts. Given to the hypotheses and indexes under study, the primary research questions were proposed based on mean and standard deviation. T-test, significance level, two-sample t-test, variance analysis and Friedman test were applied for testing the hypotheses. Statistical data were processed by means of SPSS 19 software. The obtained results indicated that model leadership style has not been utilized in public organizations in Isfahan province.