Критерии за оценка ефективността на лидерския стил на министър-председателя
Criteria for assessment of the effective prime minister’s leadership style

Summary/Abstract: Article is devoted definition of factors of the prime-minister’s leadership style. Literature review reveals shortage of studies in this aspect and lack of well designed instrument in view to the dominating quality approach in analysis of prime-ministers behaviour. For this study is designed instrument based on criteria of effectiveness of the heads of the state by the means of expert assessments., This allows sample representatives to be ranged according to the effectiveness parameters. Assessment is applied for the 26 prime ministers after Liberation post 1989, when in Bulgaria the first relatively democratic elections took place. Further analysis of the results outlines four basic features of the leadership style of the prime-ministers – attitude of the prime-minister to the norms, which includes observation of the rules and norms, affiliation motive and personal honesty; power motive; emotions balance during decision-making and relations with external factors (experts and media). Study will be continued with focus identification of the features of the leadership style of the effective and ineffective prime ministers. This will allow implementation of the instrument for diagnostics and prognostication of the effective political leadership behaviour in the role of prime minister.

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