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Dissertation
Effect of the Long-Term Versus Short-Term Employment Contracts on Executive Leadership Styles, Tasks and Behaviour
2012
Overview
Executive behaviour is a captivating socioeconomic phenomenon. Four executiverelated matters attracted the researcher’s interest: (a) What, indeed, is executive effectiveness?; (b) What specific executive behaviours, tasks, attributes, styles of leadership or other considerations make trendsetting executives effective?; (c) In what respects do executives who hold long-term (up-to-retirement) employment contracts differ from their fellow-executives who have opted for short-term contracts, with regard to matters such as remuneration, executive capability, executive migration, and psychosocial dynamics in the workplace?; and (d) How do executives from the public and private sectors differ in their executive job performance and what can they learn from each other with regard to executive effectiveness?Employment patterns of senior executives in many organisations change as their conditions of employment vary. In South Africa, the King report of 1994 questioned the wisdom of granting executive leaders of institutions and organisations contract terms of indefinite length. The researcher considered length of employment contract term as a critical matter. Would a reduction of stipulated duration of terms of employment in executive contracts promote executive effectiveness, result in higher productivity and restrict opportunities for deliberate corporate misconduct? In the study, the researcher intended to explore the effects of length of contract term on executive performance by comparing executives with long-term (up-to-retirement) employment contracts with executives who have opted for short-term employment contracts. The perceived differences will be apparent in criteria of effective executive leadership such as daily executive behaviours, executive tasks, and executive leadership styles.South African organisations and institutions have formulated different policies on the matter of the ideal length of an employment contract term. Government departments, state-owned enterprises and parastatal institutions enter into fixed-term contracts with their executive leadership. While some business enterprises implement fixedterm employment contracts, executive leaders in private-sector companies favoured long-term employment contracts, or employment up to retirement. The length of term of employment contract is a sensitive issue. How desirable is increased executive migration within and between the private and public sectors and how will changes from contracts with indefinite contract terms to contracts with restricted short-term duration, and vice versa, influence executive effectiveness?A survey on the influence of employment contracts that were offered to executives of organisations was undertaken. Terms and conditions of executive employment were examined to better understand what factors influenced the job performance and effectiveness of executives. Various types of executive employment contracts were looked at while benefits, remuneration and other forms of compensation were also reviewed. Three matters of interest need to be considered: What expectations do executive leaders in organisations have about their job performance, what outlooks do the select band of people that appointed them have about their job performance, and to what extent do executives meet these expectations?In conceiving the prospective study, the researcher defined two target populations: executives from the public and private sector. Two subpopulations within each of the populations were also targeted: executives from the two sectors and that held either long- or short-term contracts. An estimated sample size of 125 respondents, evenly distributed among the four subsamples, was envisaged. An electronic location and introduction method was introduced to recruit potential participants.
Publisher
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
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ISBN
9798738611506
