The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate what motivational leadership means for managers in the restaurant industry and what type of leadership they themselves use to motivate their colleagues. Since the restaurant industry is an industry with high turnover and many employees, it was considered interesting to investigate what managers in this industry consider to be motivating leadership. This is because the leadership exercised in one's workplace can create a higher degree of motivation for the individual, which can conceivably contribute to a person's experience of their workplace, which is considered an important factor in increasing the desire to remain in their profession. Research shows that individuals who feel motivated to their workplace experience a higher degree of well-being and an individual with a higher degree of well-being performs better than an individual with a lower degree of well-being. The study was conducted using semi-structured face-to-face interviews where eight respondents who work actively full-time as managers in á la carte restaurants were recruited through convenience sampling via key personnel. A reflexive thematic analysis was used as a data analysis method. The data analysis resulted in four themes Feedback through constructive communication, An inclusive leadership that contributes to participation, A present leadership and the ability to create perceived autonomy. The results show that the respondents' definition of what they consider to be motivational leadership is also the leadership they themselves use. The conclusion of the study is that motivational leadership is based on the process that the leader carries out through communication and interaction with his followers, which can be linked to a Transformative leadership.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:kau-96960 |
| Date | January 2023 |
| Creators | Carlsson, Gustav |
| Publisher | Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för sociala och psykologiska studier (from 2013) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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