Impact of practice of the leadership behavior patterns on the choice of the strategic alternative at family companies in Jordan

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the impact of practice of the leadership behavior patterns on the choice of the strategic alternative at the family business in Jordan. The study population consisted of family companies in the Amman city, was chosen as the most Congested by the family businesses, was chosen as a random sample of (100) company, has been randomly selecting (400) manager was distributed a questionnaire study on them, they were retrieval (372) thereof, and the number of good ones for the purposes of the statistical analysis (360) questionnaire. The study found several results, most notably: the pattern (democratic) is prevalent pattern among managers of family businesses in Jordan. There is a statistically significant impact at the significance level (α = 0.05), for the behavior patterns of the leader collectively which are (dictatorial, autocratic, democratic, Altersla, and transformational), on the choice of the strategic alternative at family companies in Jordan.

There is a statistically significant a negative impact at the significance level            (α = 0.05), for any one of the patterns (dictatorial, autocratic, and democratic), on the choice of the strategic alternative at family companies in Jordan. Also, there is a statistically significant a positive impact at the significance level (α = 0.05), for any one of the patterns (Altersla, and transformational), on the choice of the strategic alternative at family companies in Jordan.

The study concluded that a number of the recommendations were the most important: the need for a good choice for the director of the factory is capable of use the appropriate pattern the leader of a position in the work because of its good impact on the performance of employees in the factory. And work to encourage the practice of democratic pattern, and  transfer pattern as they a positive relate closely activate the performance of the subordinates, and the reduction of the practice of patterns (dictatorial, and autocratic) as possible.