Analysis of leadership styles of healthcare sector employees: An application in Afyonkarahisar

This study basically aims to investigate the leadership styles of managers in the health sector and to determine whether there is a link between the leadership characteristics of managers and their demographic characteristics. In the first part; The definitions of the concepts of leader and leadership, historical changes, characteristics of the leader, the differences between the leader and the manager, the power sources of the leader and periodically covering the classical, neo-classical and modern periods and having an important place in the management literature are mentioned and the reasons for the emergence and differences of each theory. and any shortcomings and criticisms are mentioned. The second section includes leadership styles, leadership in the health sector and studies in the field. In the third part; A scale prepared to investigate the leadership styles and leadership styles of health sector employees is included. As a result of the evaluation of the data obtained from the applied scale, in the leadership styles of health sector employees; Differences were determined between them in terms of age, gender, marital status, education levels and positions they worked. Keywords: Leadership, Leadership Styles, Leadership Theories, Leadership in Healthcare Sector