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MELO, Eleuní Antonio de Andrade. Scale of evaluation of the managerial style: development and validation. Rev. Psicol., Organ. Trab. [online]. 2004, vol.4, n.2, pp. 31-62. ISSN 1984-6657.

This study aims at constructing and validating a scale of evaluation of the managerial styles adopted by the managers in the organization. Alter analyzing the evolution of the studies onleadership, three styles were evidenced. Thirty-three items were constructed to represent those three styles, and 27 of them presented theoretical consistency after the analysis of the judges. These items were applied to a sample of 328 people, employees of a state-owned company with headquarters in Brasilia-DF, 42.39 years old on average, heing 58.8% male and 40.9% female. The extraction of the factors using the method ofthe main axes (PAF), with rotation oblimin,indicated 3 groupings theoretically consistent with the definitions of the managerial styles. Factor 1 - relationship (9 items, a = .94), factor 2 - task (6 items, a = .72), fuctor 3 - s ituational (4 items, a = .82)

Palavras-chave : managerial style; leadership; scale; management; measure.

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