The Effect of Locus of Control and Culture on Leader Preferences

dc.creator	Mehmet Ali Hamedoğlu
dc.creator	John Kantor
dc.creator	Elif Gülay
dc.date	2012-08-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:21:31Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:21:31Z
dc.identifier	1309-2707
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/8ef02d1f62514ff49910f571937ba577
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/28999
dc.description	Leadership has a vital place in the field of management. Recent studies mostly focus on leadership from the point of view of leaders, and followers are generally ignored. However, leadership does not exist without followers. In this study, leadership preferences are examined through the perspectives of followers. Leadership preferences are considered to be linked with locus of control and culture. One hundred thirty-eight students from both Eastern and Western cultures participated from undergraduate English as a second language program at a university in Southern California. The results of this study have shown that leadership preferences of females leaned toward a democratic leadership style, while males prefer more autocratic leadership style. Second, there was a significant, although slight, difference between males and females on locus of control. Females reported having an internal locus of control while males reported an external locus of control. In this study, It is also found that people having higher socioeconomic status prefer an autocratic leadership style and people with internal locus of control tend to prefer a democratic leadership style. Finally, Eastern countries prefer democratic leadership style and they have higher internal motivation than Western countries.© 2012 IOJES. All rights reserved
dc.language	Turkish
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	IOJES
dc.relation	http://www.iojes.net//userfiles/Article/IOJES_942.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1309-2707
dc.source	International Online Journal of Educational Sciences , Vol 4, Iss 2, Pp 319-324 (2012)
dc.subject	Leaders
dc.subject	followers
dc.subject	culture
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	The Effect of Locus of Control and Culture on Leader Preferences
dc.type	article