2nd HR Summit '2010': The application of leadership theories in the Indian corporate culture: a comparison between northern and southern India

They delivered a presentation in which they focused on the study they carried out in different companies in northern and southern India.

• To study the application of leadership theories in northern and southern corporate world.
• To identify the influence of motivation on the employee by virtue of the theories in context.
• To identify the factors affecting the performance of the employees.
• To identify the extent of synchronization between the organization’s employees and the leaders representing the organization.

Different theories used to carry out the study

• Scanlon plan
• Reinforcement Theory
• Path Goal Theory

Conclusion of study:

South Indian leaders	Northern Indian leaders
Highly efficient task distributors. Maintain high degree of coordination with the employee. Leaders are better coaches. Leaders are more flexible.	Less efficient task distributors. Lesser co-ordination with employee. More concerned with task completion. Leaders are less flexible.

• There is a symmetrical relationship between applicability and non-applicability of the three theories.
• Scanlon plan is applicable in Southern India but not on Northern India.
• Reinforcement Theory is applicable in both the regions.
• Path Goal Theory is applicable in Northern India but not Southern India.

Contributed by: Rohit Agrawal & J.Adarshan IPG 5^th yr-MBA