REVIEWING THE PRESENT MANAGEMENT STYLES IN CULTURALCENTERS (ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL COMPLEXES, CULTURAL CENTERS AND LIBRARIES), SUBORDINATE OF CENTRAL OFFICE OF CULTURE AND ISLAMIC GUIDANCE OF LORESTAN PROVINCE, AND PRESENTING AN APPROPRIATE MODEL

Subject Areas : Journal of Cultural Management

Hossein Panahian ¹ , Ali Rashid Pour ²

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Received: 2014-11-25 Accepted : 2014-11-25 Published : 2008-06-21

Keywords: Management styles, management indicators, cultural centers,

Abstract :

The present investigation is based on cultural indicators, aiming to study thepresent management styles in cultural centers and presenting an appropriatemodel. The statistical society of this research is the managers of culturalcenters, subordinate of the central office of culture and Islamic guidance ofLorestan province, which are 35 people in total. Considering that the membersof the mentioned society are limited in number, taking sample has not beendone, and all members have been studied. The measuring tools included twosections: The first section studied management styles (Bardens and Matskasquestionnaire), and the second section measured the amount of culturalindicators (Dorfman and Haul questionnaire). After collecting and analyzingthe data, it was clarified that the present management style is one of theauthoritarian and benevolent (s2), and the mentioned managers are relativelyculturally moderate in believing in superiority of men, collectivism and powerdistance, and are high in uncertainty avoidance. In addition, according to theamount of cultural indicators, the favorable style of management for culturalorganizations is something between authoritarian and benevolent (s2) andconsulting systems.