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DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP STYLE AND VARIABLES OF INFLUENCE ON GROUP DECISION-MAKING IN COMPANIES

At a time when many companies are facing serious crises (inflation, problems in the functioning of supply chains, labor migration, threats of energy crises and many others), the question of how to make companies as flexible as possible to challenges, whether external or internal, arises as a necessity. This often requires the cooperation of experts from different areas of the company to solve complex problems. It is the democratic style of managing employees that encourages employee participation in group decision-making and joint problem solving. This implies shaping a specific organizational culture that is participative, an organizational climate and a managerial style of behavior that is also participative. For this purpose, a questionnaire was created based on which a sample of 125 respondents in companies in the Republic of Croatia was collected (KMO=.892, p<.05). The sample includes companies of different sizes, as well as respondents of different educational, age, and gender levels. Employees' attitudes and perceptions about group decision-making in companies, communication, motivation, goals, supervision and influence of employees were examined. Regression analysis obtained predictor variables that have an impact on group decision- making in companies. The proposed model, which statistically significantly predicts 51.1% variance of the criterion (R2 =.527, R2 adjusted=.511), defines four predictor variables (freedom to decide within my powers, my company encourages cooperation and teamwork, I have influence on my manager, we analyze the achievement of goals regularly) that have a statistically significant influence on the criterion variable ("we decide on goals as a group"). These findings have practical implications for managers in companies when shaping a participatory organizational culture and shaping a democratic managerial style

Democratic leadership style, attitudes, group decision-making, regression analysis.

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