Leadership Effectiveness of Scientists in Indian Council of Agricultural Research

The leadership effectiveness has long been held to be of consequence for achieving performance outcomes in research organizations. In this study, leadership effectiveness was examined among scientists in the ICAR institutions. Multinomial logistic regression analysis results indicated that there is evidence to suggest that respondent’s designation, educational qualification, total experience and discipline group affect the leadership effectiveness. However, there is no evidence to suggest that respondent’s, age, gender, number of days of technical training and management training affect the leadership effectiveness. It is suggested that specific behaviors included under task and relationship dimensions need to be advocated and practiced for leadership development. The results also indicated that these groups of researchers need to receive training in understanding leadership skills. Once they realize the need to have more flexibility in their leadership styles, they would be able to use the appropriate style depending on the situation. Further study is required to understand which combination of attitude and behavior is likely to be most effective in research organizations