The purpose of this study was to explore leadership effectiveness from the perspectives of
the Full Range Leadership Model and Cognitive Style Theory within the framework of
understanding both followers and leaders as individual¿s attitudes to leadership
effectiveness. Leadership effectiveness was measured using newly developed self-report
instrument, the Leadership Effectiveness Questionnaire (LEQ) with three scales of
effectiveness as suggested by Yukl (2002), which were: 1) aims, 2) followers¿ attitude
towards the leader and, 3) group processes. The Full Range leadership approaches were
measured using Bass & Avolio¿s (1997) Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ)
Form 5X-Short, whilst cognitive style was gathered by using Allinson & Hayes¿s (1996)
Cognitive Style Index (CSI). A two stage (questionnaire survey followed by semi structured
interviews) mixed method study was undertaken. Questionnaire data was gathered from 331
followers and 172 leaders in Malaysian Government-Linked Companies, and 10 leaders
involved in the interviews. Findings from the survey suggest that a transformational
approach was correlated significantly and positively with effectiveness. Intuitive Cognitive
Style also correlated significantly with leadership effectiveness. Findings from the semistructured
interviews identified a few more characteristics of an effective leadership such as
balance and appreciative, whilst new dimensions of cognitive style identified such as
rational and holistic. / Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) Malaysia; and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas).
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/5735 |
| Date | January 2011 |
| Creators | Busari, Abdul Halim |
| Contributors | Spicer, David P., Ford, Jackie M. |
| Publisher | University of Bradford, School of Management |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, Doctoral, PhD |
| Rights | <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/3.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />The University of Bradford theses are licenced under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/">Creative Commons Licence</a>. |
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