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Leadership Styles And Organizational Effectiveness In Small Construction Businesses In Puebla, Mexico

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  • Rafaela Martínez Mendez
  • José Gerardo Serafín Vera Muñoz
  • Maria Antonieta Monserrat Vera Munoz

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This paper analyzes types of leadership and their relationship with organizational effectiveness in small construction enterprises of Puebla. An analysis of various literature related to the topic was examined, for a theoretical basis. Next, some aspects were measured through a Likert-scale questionnaire, using a sample of 49 small construction businesses. The goal is to describe how leadership styles, in small construction businesses located in Puebla, are perceived, along with how to determine their relationships with the organizational effectiveness. The following research question arose: What type of leadership dominates the small construction businesses of Puebla? What is the relationship among organizational effectiveness and the types of leadership? The results of the investigation show a positive and significant correlation between effectiveness, and democratic leadership, and Laissez-faire (liberal) leadership. The regression model used explains 69.1% of the variations in effectiveness. In addition, there is no statistical evidence of omitted variables (the constant test = 0. 914).

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  • Rafaela Martínez Mendez & José Gerardo Serafín Vera Muñoz & Maria Antonieta Monserrat Vera Munoz, 2013. "Leadership Styles And Organizational Effectiveness In Small Construction Businesses In Puebla, Mexico," Global Journal of Business Research, The Institute for Business and Finance Research, vol. 7(5), pages 47-56.
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    Keywords

    Styles of Leadership; Organizational Effectiveness; Small Businesses;
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    JEL classification:

    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
    • M5 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics
    • M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation

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