Leadership and Communication: A Case from Glass, Textile and Apparel Sector in Turkey

139 Pages·2014·0.99 MB·English

by  Sinan Ünsar (auth.)

Contributions to Management Science
Sinan Ünsar
Leadership and
Communication
A Case from Glass, Textile and Apparel
Sector in Turkey
Contributions to Management Science
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Sinan Unsar
Leadership and
Communication
A Case from Glass, Textile and Apparel
Sector in Turkey
SinanU¨nsar
FacultyofEconomicsandAdmin.Sc.
DepartmentofBusinessAdministration
TrakyaUniversity
Edirne
Turkey
ThisbookwassupportedbytheScientificResearchProjectsofTrakyaUniversity
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Preface
The concepts of leadership and communication can be considered as the most
dynamic two concepts of organizational behavior. These two concepts can be
regardedasthetwosidesofacoin.Leadersmotivatetheirfollowersbyeffectively
usingcommunicationprocess.Thus,communicationisanindispensableelementof
leadership.
Leadershipispresentbothatgroupandenterpriselevel.Groupsandenterprises
can achieve their goals thanks totheir leaders. The enterprises become successful
thanks to their leaders and make a difference from other enterprises. Success and
effectivenessofenterprisesintoday’sglobalizingworlddependsonthepotentialof
theirleaders.Sincemajorityofenterprisesunderstoodtheimportanceandpowerof
leadership,theymaketheirmanagersormanagercandidatestoreceive leadership
trainingandthuscontributetotheleadershipdevelopment.
On the other hand, it can be stated that the leaders who use and manage
communication well become more successful. It can be stated that the leaders
who accurately and appropriately explain group members what they should do
will be successful. It can be stated that the leaders who recognize their members
thanks to communication process will assign tasks to appropriate and correct
people.
A review of the literature revealed that interaction between leadership and
communication has notbeenstudiedmuchinTurkey.Asaresult,itcanbestated
thatthisbook,althoughpartially,willcontributetotherelatedliterature.
In this book, the concepts of leadership and communication were tried to be
explainedthroughliteratureknowledge.Definitionsandmodelsabouttheconcepts
wereexplained.Anempiricalstudywascarriedoutonemployeesworkinginglass,
textile,andapparelsectors.Theaimofthestudywastodeterminetheviewsofthe
employeesworkinginthementionedsectorsonleadershipbehaviortypesandthe
methodofestablishingcommunicationoftheirmanager.
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Introduction
Leadershipisoneofthemostimportantconceptsoftoday.Consideringthatthereis
amanagedgroupandmanagersbothinsocietiesandenterprises,itisobservedthat
leadership, which is one of the most important elements of management, gains
prominence.Likeineveryera,humansalwaysneededandwillneedaleaderwhen
theycometogether.Themethodofmanaginghumansinaneffectiveandefficient
manner dependsonleadership process. Groupsandsocietiesfeel secure thanksto
theirleaders,andthustheybecomemoresuccessful.Aleaderenablescommunities
tofollowtherightpathconfidentlyandsafely.Inaddition,theeffortsoftheleader
toestablishandshapefutureareofgreatimportance.
It may be said that the concept of leadership is as old as history of humanity.
Aftermankindandgroupsandsocietiesofmankindshowedup,theneedtoaffect
andleadthesemassesarose,aswell.Intheplaceswheresocietiesorgroupslive,it
isneededtoleaderswhowillleadtheindividualstocertainpurposesandaims.The
need for effective leaders is increasing day by day in economic, social, political,
andbusinessworld.Majorleadersplaysuchasignificantroleinbusinessworldthat
theycouldmakeafirm,whichwasonthebrinkofbankruptcyorwentonbankrupt,
oneoftheleadingfirmsofthesector.Whenthegroupsarenotdivertedtoacertain
place, the power and energy of the group is wasted. Therefore, leaders are the
individuals who lead the energy of the groups consisting of people in line with
certain ambitions.Individualsinsomegroup areordinarypeople, andthey donot
drawanyattentionwhilesomeindividualsaffectotherpeoplewiththeircharacter-
isticsinsuchawaythattheycomeoutastheleaderofthatgroup.Moreover,leaders
canbeseenasindividualswhoraiseawarenessaboutthefeaturesofconditionson
whichtheirsubordinatestakeplaceandtheseleadersleadthesubordinatesinwhich
waytheyshouldact.
Today,leadershipissuchapopularconceptthatlotsofstudiesarebeingcarried
out,conferencesarebeingheld,articlesarebeingwritten,booksarebeingissued,and
institutes are being established about this concept. Thus, it is tried to enlighten the
structure and context of leadership much more and put forth its unknown aspects.
Furthermore,teachableaspectofleadershipisbeingestablishedinacademicsense,as
well.Ontheotherhand,thereisacomprehensiveliteratureregardingthistopic.
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Every individual may possess the potential of a leader. However, there is a
differencebetweenpossessingitandrevealingit.Itcanbesaidthatleadershipisan
innatefeatureanditcanbedevelopedthroughtrainingandteaching.Forinstance,a
personwhodoesnothaveafineearformusicprobablywillnotbeabletoplaythe
violinperfectlynomatterhowmuchviolinlessonhe/shetakes.Similarly,aperson
who does not possess the leadership trait will not be able to be a real leader no
matterhowmuchhe/shegetstrainingandteaching.Therefore,itcanbestatedthat
leadershipisbasedontheartisticaspectandisdevelopedwithacademicsupport.
Leadership is a social process. It necessitates communication and interaction
withpeopleandgroups.Theleaderstartstobeshapedanddeterminedafterpeople
andgroupmembersrealizeeachother.Leadersplaysignificantrolesintheamend-
mentanddevelopmentofespeciallysocietiesandestablishments.Therefore,lead-
ership has a social mission, as well. It can be evaluated that the biggest dream of
leadersistomoveasocietyoranestablishmenttobetterplaces.
Whenitisconsideredthatcommunicationstartsaftertwoindividualsrealizeeach
other,itisseenthatthisconceptisalsoasoldashistoryofhumanity.Itcanbesaidthat
thecommunicationfrompasttopresenthasundergoneradicalchangesonlystructur-
ally.Communicationisanindispensableprocessbothinsocietyandgrouplife.
Communicationplaysacrucialroleinthewholecoordinationofdepartmentsin
establishments so as to reach their purposes. The world has turned into a small
village thanks to the radical changes in communication technology. An event
occurring at any place of the world can be heard in 10–15 min by the other
countries. Thus, communication technology proceeds at an unprecedented pace.
Asaresult,establishmentsandleadersbenefitfromthistechnology,aswell.
Leadersshouldestablishgoodcommunicationwiththeirsubordinatesinorderto
be effective. Actually, the success of a leader is related with the quality of
communication process he/she establishes with his/her subordinates. A leader
who effectively imposes the purposes or targets of the establishment to them and
who always communicates with them during the process of application shall be
successful. Therefore, those leaders who choose correct communication channel
anduseitrationallymaygainmajoradvantages.Ontheotherhand,itcanbesaid
that leaders possessing the ability of establishing correct communication with
people can be more successful in affecting people. Basic communication process
ishighlysignificantinmotivatingthemanddeterminingtheirproblems.
In line with the above-mentioned evaluations, it was basically dealt with the
conceptsofleadershipandcommunicationinthisstudy.Withinthisscope,leader-
ship andcommunicationroleand importancewere explained inorder toputforth
contextframeworkofthetopicatfirst.Then,leadershiptheoriesandcommunica-
tionmodelswere specified. Theinteraction ofleadershipandcommunication was
examined through explaining organizational communication and its tools. Conse-
quently, leadership behavior types and communication skills of administrators of
the employees working in glass, textile, and confection sectors were determined
andtherelationshipbetweensocio-demographicvariablesofemployeesandlead-
ership behavior types and communication forms of the administrators were
examined.
Acknowledgments
In loving memory of my beloved parents, Mrs. Maide Unsar and Mr. Arif Unsar,
whoraisedmeandputagreateffortinmypresentposition...
I would like to thank my invaluable wife Assoc. Prof. Serap Unsar and my
dearestdaughterSelinwhosupportedandhelpedmealotintheperiodofwriting
this book. I would also like to thank and present my respect to Associate Prof.
Dr.AdilOg˘uzhan,whoconductedthestatisticsintheresearchsectionofthebook
andwhohelpedmebycontributingwithhisinvaluableknowledgeandcomments.
AlsoIwouldliketothankmystudent,TeachingAssistantOlgunIrmakC¸etin,who
prepared the graphic design of the book. In addition, I would like to thank my
postgraduate students Derya Dinc¸er and Ferhan Demir who helped me with the
organization of statements of the book. Additionally, I would like to thank my
colleagues Prof. Dr. Kıymet C¸alıyurt and Sam Idowu who encouraged me to
publishthisbookandhelpedmeinediting.
Ibelievethatitwillbeverybeneficialtoimprovethisbookifthereadersletme
know aboutthe mistakes ordeficiencies thatImighthavemadewhile writing the
book.Ihopethisworkwillbebeneficialtotheacademicfield.
AgahSinanU¨nsar
http://www.igongfesr.org
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