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DIFFERENT MANAGEMENT STYLES 1
Running Head: DIFFERENT MANAGEMENT STYLES
Different Management Styles in terms of Gender and Disciplining Employees in an Acute Health
Care Setting
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction ................................................................................................................... 3
Statement of the Problem: ........................................................................................................... 3
Research Hypothesis Statements: ........................................................................................... 5
Purpose of the Study: .................................................................................................................. 5
Design and Procedure: ................................................................................................................ 5
Significance of the Study: ........................................................................................................... 6
Limitations of the Study: ............................................................................................................ 7
Definitions of Terms: .................................................................................................................. 7
Summary of Chapter: .................................................................................................................. 8
Chapter 2: Review of Literature ..................................................................................................... 9
Purpose of the Review: ............................................................................................................. 10
Types of Managerial Styles adopted by Managers in Health care Industry: ............................ 10
Difference in the managerial styles in terms of gender to discipline employees’ acute health
care industry: ............................................................................................................................. 12
Implications of differences in managerial styles to manage discipline in acute health care
industry: .................................................................................................................................... 13
Chapter 3: Methodology ............................................................................................................... 15
Research Design: ...................................................................................................................... 15
Variables: .................................................................................................................................. 15
Hypothesis: ............................................................................................................................... 16
Instrument: ................................................................................................................................ 17
Participants and Sample: ........................................................................................................... 17
Data Collection: ........................................................................................................................ 18
Data Analysis: ........................................................................................................................... 18
Ethical Considerations: ............................................................................................................. 19
Summary: .................................................................................................................................. 19
References ..................................................................................................................................... 21
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Background of the Study:
Health care industry is a very sensitive and highly human oriented due to high
involvement of different aspects of human behavior. There are several factors that affects the
practices of people in this industry such as unpredictability, uncertainty, high cost, involvement
of technology, differences in the need of each activity and operations, etc. (Heilmann, 2010, p.
135). Thus, it is really crucial to understand need of different management styles in acute health
care industry in terms of gender and disciplining employees. Recently the notion of differences
in management style, due to differences in personality of male and female, which have direct and
indirect impact on the organizational practices and employees behavior. These differences also
affect management style in health care industry to ensure discipline among employees.
In the health care industry conflicts in the management team would have severe impact
for the stakeholder. Thus, both environmental and personality aspects are integrated in the health
care industry to conflict resolution and management of discipline (Leah, 2005, p. 215).
According to Kottler & Carlson (2009) management style of individual affect through different
factors such as traits, personality, situation, group approaches, perception as well as industry
types and culture.
Statement of the Problem:
In the acute health care industry, it is imperative that health care organization have a
highly trained, fully engaged and supportive nursing staff, which has abilities to work in all kind
of environment under different management styles so that they can improve their patient care
services and ensure to maintain discipline. Although the differences in management style due to
gender differences has been observed by several authors, but it is still a controversial issue for
the industry, mainly for health care people to understand the implication of differences in
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management style and gender for employee discipline. The main problem discussed in this study
is related to the evaluation of management style used by the health care people in term of gender
differences.
The focus of this study will be in 10 hospitals of New Jersey to examine the management
style of senior executives, who have an experience of more than 10 years in health care industry
and to critically evaluate the differences and implications of their style for employee discipline.
According to the available literature and data, attention of the issue of management style in terms
of gender and its impact on discipline of employees has not explored in depth manner. There few
evidences in theory that explore the differences in management style due to differences in
gender.
Several studies have been focused on management and leadership style of individuals in
terms of job satisfaction, labor relationship, etc. such as Shadare & Chidi (2011), Melero (2004),
Paton (2002), Brewer, Mitchell & Weber, but there are very few evidences that are based on
management style in acute healthcare industry to manage gender differences and employee
discipline. Thus this study will focus on the different management styles in terms of gender and
disciplining employees in an acute health care industry.
Research Questions:
According to the above problem statement, this problem can be summarized in the
following research questions that will be answered with the help of this study:
1. What types of management style are adopted by manages in health care industry?
2. Does the managerial styles to maintain discipline among employees for men and women
different in acute health care industry? If yes, why so?
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3. What are the implications of differences in managerial styles to manage discipline in
acute health care industry?
All these research questions were answered in the literature review analysis and were also
helpful for the researcher to create hypothesis, which has been achieved through quantitative
methods and research design.
Research Hypothesis Statements:
According to the above discussed questions, researcher has generated a hypothesis
statement for this study, which is as follow:
1. “Is there any relationship between management style and employee discipline in acute
healthcare industry?”
2. “Is there any relationship between management style and employee discipline in terms of
gender differences in acute healthcare industry?”
3. “Are the differences in management style affects the working behavior and practices of
health care employees?”
Purpose of the Study:
As this study is based on evaluation of different management style, it is conducted with
the aim of critically analyze the relationship of different management style on the employee
discipline level, so that the health care industry can manage its activities and goals with high
integrity and commitment. Thus, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the implications of
different management styles of male and female professional and how it influence employees
discipline among health care employees and enhance their level of commitment and productivity.
Design and Procedure:
This study was developed with specific design and procedure and research has examined
the perception and management styles of health care professional from 10 hospitals of New
Jersey. In order to target the adequate population and develop subgroups, researcher has used
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stratified random sampling method (Cooper & Schindler, 2003). Researcher has targeted popular
health care institutions, which have professionals with more than 10 years experiences and
targeted 200 people to be a part of the study. Researcher has designed a survey questionnaire for
the healthcare managers to collect their perspective and views.
Researcher has used an analytical method to test hypothesis through Spearman
co
elation test and evaluate the responses health care professionals. All the information has been
places under four main categories such as personal traits, environmental situation, group
approach and individual goals. Independent variable was different management style and depend
variable was employee discipline. All the collected data collected by researcher has recorded
through different codes and complied to avoid discrimination and modify the results. All these
categories were based on different styles of management.
Significance of the Study:
The significance of this study is aligned with the health care industry, general
management practices and professionals of human resources management. First, this study is
noteworthy for the health care manager to understand that how they can influence the employee
ehavior in terms of discipline and what are reasons that male and female have different
management style. This would ultimately improve the commitment and productivity of the
employees. Thus this study is significant because it facilitates the professionals in health care
industry to adopt an adequate management style according to the differences in gender to ensure
high level of discipline among employees.
This study also gives an additional contribution in the extensive range of literature review
that is based on differences on management style of male and female. This research body is
ased on a quantitative data and a relation of relation of management style and employees
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discipline, thus it is significant for many professionals, not only in health care industry but other
industry also.
Limitations of the Study:
The main aim of this quantitative study is to evaluate the different management styles in
terms of gender, so that a high...