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Given these demographics, the results of the MLQ were next<br />

examined to determine the leadership styles of the CEOs. Leadership<br />

styles were then compared with identified factors to address the stated<br />

hypotheses.<br />

MLQ Results<br />

Sixty-three CEOs completed the MLQ. Findings were examined in<br />

nine profile areas and the three broad leadership areas of transactional,<br />

transformational and passive-avoidant leadership. Additionally, CEOs<br />

selected 290 individuals familiar with the CEOs' leadership work to<br />

complete the MLQ about their respective CEO. The participants rated the<br />

leaders on a frequency scale of 0-4, with 0 indicating that a defined<br />

behavior occurred "not at all"; 1, it occurred "once in a while;" 2, it occurred<br />

"sometimes;" 3, it occurred "fairly often;" and 4, it occurred LLfrequently, if<br />

not always." The results in Table 6 indicate that raters scored hospital<br />

CEOs as having a higher mean for transformational behaviors (mean<br />

3.23, S.D .428, N=61) compared to transactional or passive-avoidant<br />

behaviors. The mean of observed transactional leadership behaviors,<br />

rated by the same individuals, was 2.40 with a S.D. of ,373. Finally,<br />

passive-avoidant leadership behaviors had a rated mean of .92 with a<br />

S.D. of .59 (Table 6).<br />

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