| dc.description.abstract | Objective: Identify the attitude towards the leadership exercised by the middle managers of a family company in the educational sector in the city of Barranquilla. Conceptual reference framework: the conceptual reference makes a journey from the approach to the definition of leadership based on authors such as Enciso (2012); González (2015); Martínez, (2012); Páez, & Perilla, (2012) up to the leadership styles according to Alles (2005) and competences for the management of educational institutions, going through the types of leadership, antecedents of leadership, leadership theories, instruments for the measurement of leadership, Leadership in the sources of power in organizations, authority, power and leadership based on Cabrera & Zayas, (2006) leadership and leadership in organizations, attitude an approach to its definition, components of attitude and, leadership styles and competences for the management of educational institutions. Method: quantitative research with a descriptive and cross-sectional approach. A case study based on the application of self-administered
questionnaires to employees in the middle positions of a family company in the educational
sector in the city of Barranquilla, focused on three categories: Belief in the middle management, feelings regarding the middle managers and behaviors potentials towards the middle management, developing in three phases; the initial phase consists in the identification of the state of the art in relation to the existing theories on leadership and the performance of functions in middle positions; the intermediate phase, consists of a fieldwork based on the design of the instrument, approach with the subjects participating in the research and data collection through self-administered questionnaires and the final phase, where it is tabulated, an analysis is made statistical information and the conclusions resulting from the analysis of the information. | |
