The effect of leadership styles on organizational culture: A research in the public sector

Abstract

Public administrators, who are expected to have management and leadership skills and to use human resources effectively, play an important role in shaping the organizational culture and can facilitate organizational activities by affecting the performance of employees. It is important to reveal and understand the effects of leadership on organizational culture. Although there are studies on the relationship between leadership and organizational culture in Türkiye, the number of studies conducted in public institutions and organizations is quite low. In this study, conducted in the context of public employees, unlike previous studies, leadership styles and organizational culture dimensions were discussed comprehensively, and it was aimed to examine the effects of perceived leadership styles on perceived organizational culture. This research it is aimed to understand the organizational culture in public institutions, to determine the effect of leaders in shaping the organizational culture, and to contribute to the development of actions to increase the motivation of employees, to manage employees more effectively, and to manage organizational change processes based on the information obtained. The data analyzed in this context consists of 601 valid questionnaires collected from public employees in Osmaniye province by convenience sampling method. ‘Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA),’ “reliability analysis”, “Pearson correlation analysis,” and “multiple linear regression analyses” were used in the study. After the analyses, it was determined that the dimensions of organizational culture differed according to the leadership styles of the managers, and leadership styles affected the perceptions of organizational culture.