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Relevance of African leadership to senior managers of MNC’s operating in Africa
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/30628 Relevance of African leadership to senior managers of MNC’s operating in Africa Cook, Jonathan ichelp@gibs.co.za Manyoha, Tshepiso Hezekiel UCTD African leadership Leadership effectiveness Culture Anglo-saxon Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012. The leadership style of senior managers within the organisation can have adverse effects on the organisation. Doing business in Africa requires MNC’s to be aware of African business context that has the underpinnings of an African leadership style. This study examined the effects of culture on leadership style and looked at whether African leadership concepts are perceived as being relevant or effective for MNC’s operating in Africa. This study hypothesised that senior managers perceive African and Anglo-Saxon styles to be distinctly different, that African leadership perceived to be effective and relevant and that culture dictates how managers lead.This study was a quantitative research and data was collected through questionnaires. 57 senior managers completed the survey and this represented a response rate of 14.25%. Of the above, 46 completed the entire survey while 11 respondents only completed certain sections of the survey and were eliminated. Statistical analysis was done using both significance testing and Chi-square tests.Analysis of this study revealed that senior managers do not seems to place high importance on the influence of culture on leadership styles, nor on the distinctions of the two leadership styles, but placed very high value on the relevance of African leadership constructs and felt that it would be effective if applied to their organisations. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-09T07:17:50Z 2013-04-30 2013-09-09T07:17:50Z 2013-04-25 2012 2013-02-23 Dissertation Manyoha, TH 2012, Relevance of African leadership to senior managers of MNC’s operating in Africa, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30628 > F13/4/204/zw http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30628 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02232013-141819/ © 2012 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD African leadership Leadership effectiveness Culture Anglo-saxon Relevance of African leadership to senior managers of MNC’s operating in Africa |
| title | Relevance of African leadership to senior managers of MNC’s operating in Africa |
| title_full | Relevance of African leadership to senior managers of MNC’s operating in Africa |
| title_fullStr | Relevance of African leadership to senior managers of MNC’s operating in Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relevance of African leadership to senior managers of MNC’s operating in Africa |
| title_short | Relevance of African leadership to senior managers of MNC’s operating in Africa |
| title_sort | relevance of african leadership to senior managers of mnc s operating in africa |
| topic | UCTD African leadership Leadership effectiveness Culture Anglo-saxon |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30628 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02232013-141819/ |