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The aim of this study is to testify that the Quinn`s leadership style classification is fit to korean small firms. The questionnaire survey method was adopted to collect the data for this study. Middle managers from 138 small manufacturing firms were taken part in this study. The major findings from this study are summarized as follows. First, the CEO`s leadership style of these firms is classified into two factors. It is different from Quinn s leadership style classification. Second, The CEO`s managerial roles of korean small firms are grouped as internal management style and external-informational management style. These findings give us suggestions that the leadership style classification which was developed in a foreign country may not be fit automatically to other countries, and so it is necessary to make a further study of our own leadership style classification.