- Title
- Cultural values and leadership styles of middle level managers in a private sector hospitals in the Eastern Cape
- Creator
- Boguslavsky, Marianna
- Subject
- Hospitals, Proprietary -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Leadership -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Middle managers -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Corporate culture -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Date Issued
- 2007
- Date
- 2007
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MA
- Identifier
- vital:10080
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/478
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1011927
- Identifier
- Hospitals, Proprietary -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Leadership -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Middle managers -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Corporate culture -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Description
- In recent years, South Africa has seen increasing cultural diversification with regard to the appointment of managers in private healthcare facilities. However, research conducted in this area remains extremely limited. The aim of the present study was to explore and describe cultural values and leadership styles of middle managers at a private sector hospital in the Eastern Cape. Hofstede’s (1980, a ) model of cultural values served as a theoretical framework to conceptualise this study. The study was qualitative in nature and made use of in-depth research interviews conducted with a diverse sample of middle managers. The researcher made use of homogeneous and convenience sampling and utilised five participants. The qualitative data was analysed using Tesch’s (1990, in De Vos, 2002) method of analysis. Results revealed that despite the differences in personal culture, most of the managers are similar in their leadership styles and are also affected by the organizational culture. The results of the study contribute to a better understanding of the influence of cultural values and leadership styles in South Africa and will thereby benefit health institutions in their dealings with their modern day multi-cultural management staff.
- Format
- vii, 89 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Health Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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