Management development programs and the aspired management style: a study in Malaysia
Purpose: The study was to examine the relationship between management development programs and the management styles used by junior executives and young managers. Design/methodology/approach: Data was collected using survey forms and all the respondents were below 45 years old. They were either...
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| Language: | English |
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Technical University of Kosice
2015
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/47387/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/47387/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/47387/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/47387/1/nurita_et_al_qip_2015.pdf |
| Summary: | Purpose: The study was to examine the relationship between management
development programs and the management styles used by junior executives and
young managers.
Design/methodology/approach: Data was collected using survey forms and all
the respondents were below 45 years old. They were either professionals or
holding middle to higher level positions.
Findings: Only mentoring had significant relationships with all the seven
management styles. Mentoring was also found as the only program which was
significant predictor to all the management styles. Assessment programs were
found having significant relationship with participative style with negative
relationship. On-the-job development programs were only significantly related to
two management styles. Delegating style was significantly related to all the
management development programs. Ethical management style was only
significant to mentoring.
Research implications: HR practitioners should emphasize the use of mentoring
with systematic mentoring programs.
Research limitations: The correlation values among variables were weak-tomoderate
and some variables suffered from low Cronbach’s alpha values. |
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