The relationship between leadership style and the success of Lean management implementation

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2018

Authors

da Costa Nogueira, DMD (Author) Other; Sousa, PSA (Author) FEP; Moreira, MRA (Author) FEP

Journal

The Journal is awaiting validation by the Administrative Services.

Title: Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Vol. 39

Pages: 807-824

ISSN: 0143-7739

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ISI Web of Knowledge - 28 Citations

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Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00P-2T9

DOI: 10.1108/lodj-05-2018-0192

Abstract (EN): Purpose The purpose of this paper is to better understand the role that leadership plays in the success of Lean management (LM) implementation, by trying to identify what is the impact of the transactional, transformational, directive and empowering leadership styles on the success of such an implementation in Portuguese companies, and what are the most important leaders' attributes. Design/methodology/approach An on-line questionnaire was distributed to 65 manufacturing and services Portuguese organizations that have implemented LM. Findings The results suggest that the empowering leadership style has a positive impact on the success of LM implementation. Even though results do not allow concluding about the impact of the other styles, several leader's attributes were identified as having influence: individualized consideration, information sharing, skill development, intellectual stimulation, assigned goals and self-directed decision making. Originality/value Very few studies have addressed the role of leadership in the success of adopting LM and, to the best knowledge, only one paper studied the critical attributes of leaders in LM implementation. Moreover, the present study focuses in Portugal, country where this topic has rarely been investigated.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 18