Ledarstilens betydelse för kreativa organisationsklimat och arbetsrelaterad känsla av sammanhang

Sammanfattning: The aim of this thesis was to examine the relationship between leadership style and creative organizational climate. The aim was also to examine the relation between leadership style and work-related sense of coherence. The material for our study has been part of a project at the University of Lund, aimed to study organizational conditions for creativity and innovation. The information was gathered through a webbased survey. The sample consisted of 528 participants from a public sector in southern part of Sweden. Out of these 224 questionnaires were returned. A random selection was done, consisting of 100 participants with an distribution of 51% women and 49% men. Three questionnaires were used for the study; the leadership style questionnaire CPE (Change, Production, Employee-centered leadership style), the creative organizational questionnaire CCQ (Creative Climate Questionnaire) and the WSOC questionnaire (Work-related Sense Of Coherence). The results of the study indicated that the employee-centered leadership style is highly correlated with the creative organizational climate. The employee-centered leadership style as well as the production-centered leadership style showed a high significant relation with the Work-related Sense Of Coherence. The result for the creative organizational climate indicated a high value, which was higher than the defined standard for a creative climate in general. Keywords: Leadership style, Creative organizational climate, Work-related Sense Of Coherence