Leadership style and culture for innovation in hotel industry

摘要

The aim of this research is to analyze the climate for innovation as an indicator of the hotels ability to become innovative. Furthermore, it also analyzes the manager-employee relationship and how it is perceived by the employees. In hospitality industry, leadership and innovation play an important role. In comparison with other industries, this one must pay double attention in implementing innovations. Leaders in this industry must be always very close to their employees and they really must encourage affirmation in the organization. In Romanian field literature there aren't too many studies regarding the effects of leadership style and climate for innovation in hotels. So, we started this research by analyzing hotel market from Timisoara city in a pilot study. It was developed in May-July 2010 in hotel industry from Timisoara city, Romania. There were approached 29 three and four star hotels, which represent 60% of the existing hotels on Timisoara's hotel market.