The Impact of Managerial Leadership Behaviour on the Human Resource Management in the Information Technology Sector in Bulgaria

Abstract

The globalization of the economy, the transition to an information society and the strengthening of the role of the human factor in the IT sector lead to an increase in the importance of leadership. Human resource management is inextricably linked to the application of innovative and adaptive leadership approaches. In the IT sector, where changes are very dynamic and challenges are often critical, leadership plays an important role in motivating, developing and retaining qualified staff. Тhe purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of managerial leadership behaviour on the success of HRM strategies and policies in companies of the IT sector in Bulgaria. The main research results are: summarized assessments of the opinions of managers and employees in the IT sector about the impact of leadership behaviour on the success of human resource management strategies and policies in companies in the sector; substantiated reliability of the statements describing the leadership factors; assessed statistical significance of the results obtained from the survey.