Management Style and Collectivism at Turkish SMEs: An Exploratory Study

Year 2017, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 114 - 134, 30.09.2017

Ahmet Murat Özkan , Ali Oğuz Bayrakçıl Hasan Tağraf

Abstract

Türkiye,
sayısı hızla artan küçük ve orta ölçekli işletmelerin (KOBİ) ekonominin itici
gücü olarak görev yaptığı ülkelerden biridir. Bu çalışmada, yazarlar Türkiye’deki
KOBİ’lerin yönetim tarzlarını ve kollektivist davranışlarını araştırmışlardır.
Türkiye gibi Batı ve Doğu kültürlerinin kesişim noktasında yer alan ve son
yıllarda pazarların liberalleştiği ülkelerde, araştırmanın ilginç bulgulara
ulaşabileceği düşünülmüştür. Yönetim tarzı ve kollektivizm arasındaki ilişkiler
araştırmanın odak noktasını oluşturmuştur. Araştırma kapsamında, 421 KOBİ’ye,
13 sorudan oluşan anket uygulaması gerçekleştirilmiştir. Yönetim tarzı ve
kollektivizm arasında bazı anlamlı sonuçlara ulaşılmıştır. Özetle, Türk KOBİ’lerinde
işgörenlerin gruplar halinde çalışmayı tercih ettiği,  işletmeler büyüdükçe biçimsel örgüt
yapılarının ve yönetim politikalarının tercih edildiği söylenebilir.

Keywords

kobi, küçük ve orta ölçekli işletmeler, yönetim tarzı, kollektivizm

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