Exploring Differences in Leadership Styles in Romanian Software Development Industry
Zusammenfassung
Leadership style is considered an important factor that influences the firm perfomance. The
aim of the present paper is to explore the correlations between the gender and
management level of the managers, considered as independent variables, and the managers
leadership styles as dependent variables. The study was based on an empirical research
undertaken on a representative sample of 80 managers from different hierarchical levels in
Romanian software development companies. The research methodology involved a design
of two hypotheses, tested by means of Pearson chi-square. The research results emphasize
a cultural specific context and some suggestions for future research are provided.