Exploring leadership behaviors and power sources in the hotel industry
- This thesis begins a theoretical investigation into leadership and organizational power by briefly examining the relevant academic literature. It then examines Robert House’s Path-Goal Theory, Bertram French, and John Raven’s Bases of Power frameworks. This study investigates the correlation between directive, supportive, participative, and achievement-oriented leadership behaviors and reward, coercive, legitimate, expert, and referent power within organizational set-tings by combining theoretical knowledge with empirical data gathered through questionnaires conducted with leaders and employees in the hotel sector. It also investigates how they impact the achievement of hotel goals. Contributing to existing knowledge on leadership and power dynamics in the hotel industry, this research rigorously analyzes the compatibility and effectiveness of leadership behaviors with various power sources. The empirical backbone of this study comprises questionnaires conduct-ed across sixteen Southeast Asian hotels, yielding insights grounded in real-world organization-al settings. Based on 167 responses, this comprehensive investigation offers valuable implica-tions for practitioners and scholars, elucidating the intricate relationship between leadership be-havior and power sources. It underscores the strategic importance of aligning behavior with power sources to enhance leadership effectiveness and foster organizational success.
Author: | Mohamad Salman |
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Advisor: | Marc Peter Radke |
Document Type: | Master's Thesis |
Language: | English |
Year of Completion: | 2024 |
Granting Institution: | Hochschule Furtwangen |
Date of final exam: | 2024/02/28 |
Release Date: | 2024/02/29 |
Tag: | Bases of power; Hotel industry; Leadership theories; Organizational power; Path-goal theory |
Degree Program: | MBA - International Business Management |
Functional area: | Andere/Other |
Open-Access-Status: | Closed Access |
Licence (German): | Urheberrechtlich geschützt |