Manager's Leadership Practices in Hidalgo-Mexico SMEs

This investigation shows managers' leadership practices in Hidalgo State Mexico Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The hypothesis is that Managers' Leadership practices in Hidalgo Mexico SMEs are differentiated with relation to Kouzes and Posner's Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Víctor Hugo Robles Francia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:México
Institución:Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo
Repositorio:Redalyc-UAEH
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:34283007
Acceso en línea:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=34283007
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales)
small
managers
Hidalgo Mexico
Leadership practices
medium sized enterprises
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Sumario:This investigation shows managers' leadership practices in Hidalgo State Mexico Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The hypothesis is that Managers' Leadership practices in Hidalgo Mexico SMEs are differentiated with relation to Kouzes and Posner's Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) dimensions: (CH) challenging the process, (IN) inspiring a shared vision, (EN) enabling others to act, (MO) modeling the way and (ENC) encouraging the heart. This research exposes the obtained results from the application of Kouzes and Posner's LPI, its validation and adaptation to Spanish. The adapted LPI is tested by reliability Cronbach's alpha; an analysis of variance and the mean scores of the five practices are presented. Explaining, previously its economic landscapes, next then, the concept of transformational and transactional leadership.