Identifying Leadership Style among Senior Healthcare Professionals using Fiedler’s Model

Dr PC Awasthi; Dr Khushboo Gaur

Volume : VI, Issue : V, May - 2016

Identifying Leadership Style among Senior Healthcare Professionals using Fiedler’s Model

Dr Pc Awasthi, Dr Khushboo Gaur

Abstract :

Leadership style is dynamic and continues to change with state of affairs in an organisation. Fiedler developed an instrument to identify leadership style called the Least Preferred Co–worker (LPC) scale based on situation. Healthcare systems are composed of numerous professional groups, departments, and specialties. A number of leadership approaches can be adapted to the healthcare setting to optimize management in this highly complex environment. The current study assessed the styles of leadership among senior doctors in healthcare settings in metropolis cities on the basis Fred Fiedler model. The study shows that with increased work experience, leadership style moves from relationship oriented to task oriented and as the qualification advances leadership styles changes from task oriented to relationship oriented. It also shows that female doctors are more task oriented than their male counterparts and early exposure to the administration do affect the style of leadership by making doctors more relationship oriented.