COMPARISON OF LEADERSHIP STYLES IN CHINESE COMPANIES : Case Study: Wuhuan Engineering Co, Ltd.
Zhang, Yiqiong (2014)
Zhang, Yiqiong
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2014
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201404174467
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201404174467
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With the rapid development of economy and technology, internationalization and globalization are the main trends for businesses nowadays. Moreover, the role of leadership becomes more important to corporations and it is also one factor of a company’s success. As the second largest economy, China still has long way to develop in this area, and transformation is needed to adapt to this fast changing world in business leaders’ views. The main research problem of the study is to find out the leadership styles implemented in a Chinese case company and then give suggestions for its development. The four discourses of leadership is chosen to be the main background for the thesis; other related theories such as leading with humility and the studies of Ohio State University about consideration and initiating structure are also included. Furthermore, the empirical part is conducted by qualitative methods; seven leaders in different departments were interviewed. Outcome of the study indicates that the main leadership styles utilized in the case company are the Controller Leadership and the Therapist Leadership, both the consideration and initiating structure can be found in practice. Moreover, humility is also the factor that leaders should take into account, additionally, evaluation tests can be implemented among leaders, and both natural environment and economy have to be considered when operating business.