Ledarskapsideal : - ur ett demokratiskt-, auktoritärt- och låt-gå (laissez-faire) perspektiv

Sammanfattning: The purpose of this essay is to identify and analyze the term leadership based on democratically-, authoritarian-, and passive (laissez-faire) leadership and find out which of these types are to be preferred among employees.  Our main aspects are: Do employees prefer democratically-, authoritarian-, or passive leadership? Are there any differences regarding ideal leadership considering sex, age, length of service and sector? We have chosen to make a quantitative study of two equivalent organizations, one in the private and one in the public sector. Our method is an explorative method were we seek to find new knowledge about our fenomena. Our study is based on the already established theories on leadership and our empirical data is gathered by questionnaires. The conclusions to be drawn from this study is that our respondents to a large extent prefer a democratic leadership towards an authoritarian and passive leadership. Most of them prefer a democratic leadership with elements of the other leadership types. The differences that exist in idyllic leadership considering the variables sex, age, sector and time at the workplace is in some cases not particularly strong. However, we can see a strong link between sector and ideal leadership. Key words: democratic leadership, authoritarian leadership, passive leadership