Los estilos de liderazgo en la satisfacción de los colaboradores millenials de la provincia del Guayas

Abstract

The current academic article analyze the main leadership styles in the Guayas Province of Ecuador, the characteristics of the generation known as Millenials, and identify the most appropriate leadership style to manage staff of the studied generation. This study non-experimental and descriptive with a Mix approach (qualitative and quantitative). The surveys applied to young millennials, was the main tool for the collection of quantitative data, which later was summarized through a qualitative analysis that allow to determine the most appropriate leadership style. The first survey was the Leadership style test of Kurt Lewin, and for the second survey, the research work of Luis Jesús Dávalos from Universidad Autónoma de Perú, was applied. Three faculty members of the Universidad Politécnica Salesiana in charge of Human resources subjects and with experience in different companies, were interviewed to know their opinion about the most used leadership styles and the main characteristics of the Millenial generation. One of the main findings of this research is that the Millenial generation prefers the democratic style over transformational, autocratic, and liberal leadership styles.