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A Study on Changes of Leadership Style and Characteristics in Different Development Stages and Organizational Change: A Dual Case Study Based on Chinese Enterprises



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Jinyu Tian, Le Wang

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DOI:10.17265/1548-6583/2018.05.005

Since the 1970s, there have been more and more uncertainties in the living environment faced by enterprises. Today, due to the trend of economic globalization, China is also actively involved in the wave of the world economy to promote economic development. Role of the leader is particularly important and in organizational change, the leader’s style and behavior can even determine the result of organizational change. But in the different development stages, the leadership style will be different. Therefore, this paper aims to study the two issues, that is, how the leadership style changes under different development stages of corporates and what the characteristics of the leader are in the different stages of organizational change. This paper will use the research method of case study, selecting Lenovo and Haier to make a comprehensive analysis. It also fills the vacancies for academic research on the relationship among leadership, organizational change, and organizational management in China.

organizational change, leadership style, double case analysis