Economic Themes (2011) 49 (4) 2, 527-543
Nebojša Janićijević
Abstract: This paper explains and operationalizes the way in which organizational culture shapes leadership style in an organization. Culture imposes a specific leadership style, since it creates a frame of reference in which all the members of organization interpret and understand the world around them and in which they shape their behavior. A leader must act within the culture and the frame of reference it imposes in order to be accepted and to be successful as a leader. Operationalization within this impact is implemented by identifying typical leadership styles in an organization, which will be accepted and efficient in certain types of organizational cultures.
Keywords: organizational culture; leadership; interpretation; meanings
THE IMPACT OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE ON LEADERSHIP IN AN ORGANIZATION
Nebojša Janićijević
Abstract: This paper explains and operationalizes the way in which organizational culture shapes leadership style in an organization. Culture imposes a specific leadership style, since it creates a frame of reference in which all the members of organization interpret and understand the world around them and in which they shape their behavior. A leader must act within the culture and the frame of reference it imposes in order to be accepted and to be successful as a leader. Operationalization within this impact is implemented by identifying typical leadership styles in an organization, which will be accepted and efficient in certain types of organizational cultures.
Keywords: organizational culture; leadership; interpretation; meanings
