Abstract

ESCANDON-BARBOSA, Diana Marcela  and  HURTADO-AYALA, Andrea. Influence of leadership styles in the performance of Colombian export companies. estud.gerenc. [online]. 2016, vol.32, n.139, pp.137-145. ISSN 0123-5923.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.estger.2016.04.001.

This article takes as a starting point the theory of leadership traits to analyze the influence of the type of leadership of Colombian companies on their export performance. To achieve this objective, a database of 306 Colombian exporters is used and by means of a biphasic cluster analysis, the different types of leadership are analyzed: democratic, autocratic and liberal. The results identify a cluster of companies with high export performance combining liberal and democratic leadership, while the second cluster consists of companies with low export performance assuming a liberal leadership. We conclude that, in order to achieve higher performance levels, Colombian managers exercise leadership as a balance between freedom and control.

Keywords : Leadership; Export performance; Cluster method.

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