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http://dx.doi.org/10.7731/KIFSE.2014.28.4.073

A Study on the Relationship between Leadership Styles and Organizational Outcome in Oklahoma's Volunteer Fire Department  

Shin, Yong-Sik (Gyeonggi-Do Fire and Disaster Headquarters)
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Fire Science and Engineering / v.28, no.4, 2014 , pp. 73-80 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aims to determine dominant leadership styles of the U.S. volunteer fire department and analyzes relationship between leadership styles of a fire chiefs and organizational outcome. This study reviewed 205 volunteer fire fighters in Oklahoma State which is located in middle and southern part of the U.S. As research results, it turned out that the most common leadership type of volunteer fire chiefs is transformational leadership. The second most common leadership type is transactional leadership. Laissez-faire leadership was the least common leadership type. This study analyzed that transformational leadership and transactional leadership have positive relationship with organizational outcome. In contrast, laissez-faire leadership has negative relationship with organizational outcome. Also, it turned out that the volunteer fire fighters evaluate that transformational and transactional leadership decrease as working years of current volunteer fire chiefs increase.
Keywords
Leadership; Volunteer fire organization; Leadership styles; Organizational outcome;
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