Workers into Managers: Developing Leadership Competence of Production Unit Managers

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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.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: ZEW Discussion Papers ; No. 05-13

Classification and Topics

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

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Rappe, Christoph ; Zwick, Thomas
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
• (where): Mannheim
• (when): 2005

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/24106
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET