Discrimination and Its Relationship With Some Types of Leadership

Year 2024, Volume: 5 Issue: 1, 93 - 103, 30.04.2024

Erman Kılınç

Abstract

In this study, discrimination in organizations and its relationship with some types of leadership were investigated. In this context, the studies in the literature were examined and articles that studied the issue of discrimination with some types of leadership were discussed. As a result, it was noticed that the results in the mentioned studies were quite similar. According to the findings of field research, discrimination in organizations; it does not differ according to variables such as culture, company size, gender, belief and education. In other words, it is possible to see discrimination and its destructive effects in almost every organization (regardless of whether it is small or large or located in Asia, Europe or America). For this reason, it is extremely important to prevent discriminatory behaviour in organizations in a timely manner before it becomes widespread. If it is not possible to do this, discrimination can spread throughout organizations like a cancer, and as a result, organizations may face dangerous consequences such as entropy. Researchers have defined the most competent people responsible for preventing discrimination in organizations as leaders. As a summary of the mentioned studies, a negative and significant relationship was found between servant, ethical, paternalistic and positive leadership types and the ability of these leaders to stop or reduce discrimination and discrimination. Since this study was prepared as a compilation of independent field research, no comparison was made between the mentioned leadership types and the research results were interpreted independently of each other.

Keywords

Discrimination, Leadership, Organizational Ethics.

Ayrımcılık ve Onun Bazı Liderlik Türleriyle İlişkisi

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, örgütlerde ayrımcılık ve onun bazı liderlik türleri ile ilişkisi araştırılmıştır. Bu kapsamda yazında yer alan çalışmalar incelenmiş ve bazı liderlik türleriyle ayrımcılık konusunun çalışıldığı makaleler ele alınmıştır. Sonuçta, bahsi geçen çalışmalardaki sonuçların oldukça benzer olduğu fark edilmiştir. Saha araştırmalarının bulgularına göre örgütlerdeki ayrımcılık; kültür, şirket büyüklüğü, cinsiyet, inanç, eğitim gibi değişkenlere göre farklılık göstermemektedir. Başka bir ifadeyle, ayrımcılığı ve onun yıkıcı etkilerini (küçük veya büyük olması veya Asya, Avrupa veya Amerika’da bulunması fark etmeksizin) hemen her örgütte görmek mümkündür. Bu sebeple, örgütlerdeki ayrımcı davranışların yaygınlaşmadan zamanında önlenmesi son derece önemlidir. Bunu yapmak mümkün olmadığı takdirde ayrımcılık, tıpkı bir kanser gibi örgütlerin bütününe yayılabilmekte ve sonuç olarak örgütler entropi gibi tehlikeli sonuçlarla karşı karşıya kalabilmektedir. Araştırmacılar, örgütlerde ayrımcılığın önlenmesinden sorumlu en yetkin kişileri ise liderler olarak tanımlamıştır. Bahsedilen çalışmaların bir özeti olarak; hizmetkâr, etik, babacan ve pozitif liderlik türleri ve bu liderlerin ayrımcılığı durdurma veya azaltma yetenekleriyle ayrımcılık arasında negatif yönlü ve anlamlı bir ilişki tespit edilmiştir. Bu çalışma, bağımsız saha araştırmalarının bir derlemesi olarak hazırlandığından bahsi geçen liderlik türleri arasında herhangi bir karşılaştırma yapılmamış ve araştırma sonuçları birbirlerinden bağımsız olarak yorumlanmıştır.

Keywords

Ayrımcılık, Liderlik, Örgütsel Etik

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