Relationship between followers' perception of organizational change and followers' desired leadership behaviors

This purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the followers' perception of organizational change and followers' desired leadership style. To examine this relationship, the Leader Behavior Description Questionnaire (LBDQ) Form XII (The Ohio State University, 1962) was used to measure the followers' preferences of the behavior of their leaders in a group or organization. In addition to the LBDQ, a demographic survey coupled with a self-developed change questionnaire sheet was used to measure the participants' perception of the amount of change and their feelings about the current organizational change.; Responses from this instrument were received from over 200 graduate students. Descriptive statistics and regression analyses were used to analyze the data with respect to the research questions of this study.; The results showed no significant relationships between followers' perceptions of organizational change and followers' desired leadership structure and consideration behaviors.