Workers into Managers: Developing Leadership Competence of Production Unit Managers

Arbeitspapier

This study analyses the competence gaps of lower-level managers in a typical manufacturing plant in Germany that had recently introduced a teamwork structure. Results indicate that the managers have difficulties with their new leadership-related tasks. Higher levels of leadership competence are found to be associated with better acceptance as a manager by superiors, but not by subordinates, better interaction with both subordinates and superiors, and with higher job satisfaction. Finally, a quasi-experiment shows that a combination of workshops and individual coaching had measurable effects on leadership competencies and partly improved identification with the managerial role. In terms of methodology, a new format of self-assessments is suggested for a more valid measurement of competencies.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: ZEW Discussion Papers ; No. 05-13

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; Field Experiments ; Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation
• Thema: Leadership skills ; first line managers ; training ; experiment ; Gruppenarbeit ; Führungspersönlichkeit ; Facharbeiter

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Rappe, Christoph ; Zwick, Thomas
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
• (wo): Mannheim
• (wann): 2005

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/24106
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ