A study on the perception of selected labor union members from 2 printing companies regarding leadership style of labor union leaders

• Main Authors: Belgica, Philipp, Lacauco, Maximo Gabriel, Montenegro, Ramon Julian
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2001
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/17105
• Institution: De La Salle University

The study aimed to define leadership in the context of labor unions, specifically in two printing companies-Anglo Printing Press (APP) and Penta Capitol Printing Press (PCPP). More importantly, the study intended to determine and describe the leadership styles of the labor union leaders. It also examined how factors such as leader-member relationships, task structure, position power, and Filipino values affect the definition of leadership and the leadership styles of the labor union leaders. The study engaged upon a descriptive research design and utilized in-depth interviews and surveys as research methodology. All the respondents worked full-time. There was a total of seventy labor union member-respondents for the survey-twenty-four from Anglo Employees' Association (AEA) and forty-six from Penta Capitol Employees' Association (PCEA). The union member-respondents were gathered by means of quota sampling method. The labor union leaders and two selected key informants from management underwent in-depth interviews. Findings show that the labor union leaders manifested a democratic style of leadership as confirmed by the labor union member-respondents. It also shows that the labor union members believed in the importance and influence of the four factors-leader-member relations, task structure, position power, and Filipino values-on the leadership styles of the labor union leaders. In assessment of the responses of the labor union members, however, while the democratic leadership style depicted its numerous advantages, they strongly recommended that the labor union leaders adopt a combination of democratic and autocratic leadership styles. The involvement of an autocratic style entails the possession of characteristics such as initiative, dominance, assertiveness, and firmness in decisions. This would imply that the labor union leaders should maximize the use of their position, which is apparently critical to the success of the labor unions, to further increase the capability of the labor unions to assert, negotiate, and attain their demands.