ESADE-Universidad Ramón Llull, Barcelona, Spain.
Psicothema. 2010 Nov;22(4):880-6.
Although organizational contexts have an influence on leadership, and some of their characteristics may facilitate (through weak structures) or inhibit (through strong structures) the leaders' behaviors, the extent of their influence has rarely been studied. Indeed, research of the influence of some types of contexts (entrepreneurial vs. non-entrepreneurial) on the emergence of certain variables (leaders' motives) is even scarcer. This paper analyses this influence in 40 companies, interviewing their leaders to obtain a qualitative register of their motives, and administering questionnaires to members of their respective management teams. The hypothesis considered was that, in 'weak' contexts (entrepreneurial), the leaders' motives would be more salient than in 'strong' contexts (non-entrepreneurial). The results largely confirm this hypothesis with respect to behaviors that are directly related to three main motives (power, affiliation and achievement). These results are discussed, and practical suggestions are provided for future research.
虽然组织背景对领导力有影响，并且它们的某些特征可能通过弱结构促进（through weak structures）或通过强结构抑制（through strong structures）领导者的行为，但它们的影响程度很少被研究。实际上，对于某些类型的背景（创业与非创业）对某些变量（领导者动机）出现的影响的研究甚至更加稀少。本文通过对 40 家公司的分析，对其领导者进行访谈，以获得他们动机的定性记录，并对各自管理团队的成员进行问卷调查。所考虑的假设是，在“弱”背景（创业）下，领导者的动机比在“强”背景（非创业）下更为突出。结果在很大程度上证实了这一假设，即与三个主要动机（权力、归属和成就）直接相关的行为。这些结果进行了讨论，并为未来的研究提供了实际建议。
