An Analysis of the Self-recognition of Managers on their Communication Style and Leadership

Abstract

This paper analyses the results of the investigation on the self-recognition of communication style and leadership, the subjects of which were public servants in administrative positions in Ibaraki prefecture and the managers of the Ibaraki nursing association. By 'self-recognition', I mean how the managers recognize their own communication style and how they recognize their own leadership. In this analysis I intended to capture the differences between the different groups of managers. First, from the result of analysis it was found that the formal communication style was considered to be important by public servants in administrative positions, and the informal communication style was considered to be important by the managers in nursing organizations. Second, the result showed that the performance values of the public servants in administrative positions were high, but the values of maintenance of personal relations were low. In the framework of the PM theory proposed by a social psychologist in Japan, the public servants in administrative positions are categorized into the Pm type. In contrast, all the values of the peculiar vector of nursing managers were high. It follows that they are categorized into the PM type.