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Leadership in the apparel manufacturing environment: an analysis based on the multi-factor leadership questionnaire

The US manufacturing industry experienced downsizing and a dramatic decline in employment that reached 14.2 million in August 2006 from a previous high in 1979 of 19.4 million -- numbers not seen since the 1950s. The continuing changes in the US market for apparel goods will exert cost-cutting press...

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Published in:S.A.M. advanced management journal (1984) 2008-09, Vol.73 (4), p.20
Main Author: McCann, Jack
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:The US manufacturing industry experienced downsizing and a dramatic decline in employment that reached 14.2 million in August 2006 from a previous high in 1979 of 19.4 million -- numbers not seen since the 1950s. The continuing changes in the US market for apparel goods will exert cost-cutting pressures that affect all workers in the textile and apparel industries. The most important factor affecting the future of the apparel industry is changing trade regulations. This study used a descriptive quantitative method to evaluate leadership in the apparel manufacturing industry. This study utilized the multifactor leadership questionnaire 5X to gain information about leadership and leadership styles and to explore relationships among these styles and the outcomes of extra effort, satisfaction with the leader, and perception of leader effectiveness. This study contributes to the growing body of evidence that measuring transformational and transactional leadership can predict organizational outcomes.
ISSN:0749-7075
0567-977X