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

Eurofound data shows that only 29% of employees in the European Union, Norway and United Kingdom participate work their organizations at a high level involvement: they making decisions have an impact on wider organization, individually or collectively, show personal initiative carrying out daily tasks. At time when many companies are facing serious crises (inflation, problems functioning supply chains, labor migration, threats energy others), question how to make as flexible possible challenges, whether external internal, arises necessity. This issue often requires cooperation experts from different areas company solve complex problems. Likert’s participative leadership style encourages employee participation group decision-making joint problem solving. Encouraging engagement is major challenge for organizations. implies shaping specific organizational culture participative, climate managerial behavior also participative. For this purpose, questionnaire was created basis which sample 125 respondents Republic Croatia collected (KMO=.892, p.05, α=0.894). The includes sizes, well educational levels, age gender. attitudes perceptions about companies, teamwork, communication, motivation, goals, supervision influence were examined. Answers two research questions obtained starting hypotheses confirmed. results processing hypothesis H1 (ρ=.572, n= 125, p.05) suggest statistically significant connection established between variable “we decide goals group” “my manager asks my ideas consent”. Results H2 (ρ=.685, n=164, teamwork cooperation”. regression analysis predictors variables proposed model, significantly predicts 51.1% criterion variance (R2 =.527, R adj=.511), defines four predictor (freedom within scope one’s powers, I manager, we regularly analyze achievement goals) (“we group”). These findings practical implications menad concerns style.