A perceção dos colaboradores acerca da liderança e a sua influência na cultura organizacional

: o caso do doutor finanças

Abstract

Leadership represents a significant dimension in organizational contexts, since it creates, develops and perpetuates an organization's culture. Likewise, the impact of effective leadership can contribute positively to the good management of tasks and team orientation, but essentially it shapes the essence of the organization and inspires employees to follow a greater purpose. Studying leadership and its influence on organizational culture is crucial, as it allows us to understand which variables contribute to this relationship and what impacts there may be on employee productivity, motivation and well-being. Therefore, in order to make the research more robust, it was decided to use a mixed methodology, where the qualitative method was applied to collect exploratory data through a document analysis to identify the main dimensions of organizational culture and an exploratory interview to ascertain the organization's leadership style. On the other hand, the quantitative method to collect primary data through a questionnaire survey of the organization's employees, in order to understand whether the leadership of the organization under study has a transformational leadership style and whether its main dimensions have an influence on the company's culture. That said, the main results of the research were that the employees of Doutor Finanças recognize their leader's transformational leadership style and denote the positive influence it has on organizational culture.

Date of Award	28 Oct 2024
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Nuno Goulart Brandão (Supervisor)