Organizational effectiveness, executive leadership and organization culture: A study of selected provincial sport organizations.

摘要

This study was undertaken to analyze the concepts of organizational effectiveness, executive leadership and organizational culture within the Ontario Sport and Recreation Centre (O.S.R.C.). Organizational effectiveness was measured by the Survey of Provincial Sport Organizations (SPSO) instrument, modified from Chelladurai and Haggerty (1991), executive leadership by the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ), developed by Bass and Avolio (1990), and organizational culture by the Organizational Culture Assessment Questionnaire (OCAQ), developed by Sashkin (1990). No significant differences in either transformational or transactional leadership behaviours were uncovered between Executive Directors of effective PSOu27s and Executive Directors of ineffective PSOu27s. This finding aligns with the conclusions of Bryman (1986a), Pettigrew (1987) and Pfeffer (1977), who have questioned the importance of executive leadership to organizational effectiveness. While no significant difference between u22selfu22 and u22otheru22 leadership assessments existed within effective PSOu27s, a significant difference between u22selfu22 and u22otheru22 leadership assessments was uncovered in the ineffective PSOu27s. This finding supports the conclusions of Atwater u26 Yammarino (1992), Bass u26 Avolio (1989), Weese (1994b) and Yammarino u26 Atwater (1993), who suggested that congruence of the perceptions of leadership style (between leaders and followers) provides a better indication of the true leadership situation. It was also concluded that a significant difference existed between the organizational culture of effective PSOu27s and the organizational culture of ineffective PSOu27s. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)Dept. of Kinesiology. Paper copy at Leddy Library: Theses u26 Major Papers - Basement, West Bldg. / Call Number: Thesis1995 .K46. Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 34-06, page: 2490. Adviser: Jim Weese. Thesis (M.H.K.)--University of Windsor (Canada), 1995.