Relationship Between Leadership Behaviour and Values

keywords: Oneness, Supreme Being, Humankind, Leadership, personal values, Success.

Values are guiding goals between situations in the life of the individual, grouped into levels of motivation. The objective of the work is to study the relationship between leadership styles and values. The instruments, “Leadership practices inventory” of Kouzes & Posner and “Values administrator” of Scheller were applied to 400 SME employees in Bogotá. No significant correlations were found between groups, but it is proven that leaders preferred value is honesty. key words: leadership styles, leaders, values, behavior

PRADA-OSPINA, Ricardo ZARATE-TORRES, Rodrigo A. REY, Fabiola

*The Author is Doctor in Management and Professor at Universidad EAN, Colombia Email: rpradao@universidadean.edu.co
** The Author is Doctor of Strategic Leadership. Professor of Leadership and Management at Colegio de Estudios Superiores de Administraciòn Email: CESA.rodrigo.zarate@cesa.edu.co
*** The Author is Medical Doctor. Professor at Univeridad EAN. Email: crey.d@universidadean.edu.co