Competent participative leadership: A measurement proposal

Abstract

This paper proposes a measurement system of the competence in the organizational practices related to three empirical functions of participative leadership in small business. After a description of the functions of innovation, management feedback and operative exemplar which constitute the organizational practices of small business owners, an example is showed as an illustration of the measurement of such variables. Subsequently, some intervention possibilities and the virtues of such measurements are discussed in terms of continuing with training programs for small business owners. The conclusions outline the utility of the data derived from such measurements in establishing objective goals and performance standards for any behaviorally oriented professional service delivery directed at small business owners.