| dc.description.abstract | The major objective of this study was to establish the effect of leadership style on employee
performance among commercial banks. The specific objectives are; to establish the effect of
democratic leadership style on employee performance, to evaluate the effect of autocratic
leadership style on employee performance and to assess the effect of laissez faire leadership style
on employee performance.
A case study design was used to conduct the study with a sample size of 48 respondents. Various
datacollection instruments were used in this study and these include; questionnaires and
interview guide.
The findings revealed that there is correlation between democratic leadership style and employee
performance with a positive and significant relationship (r = 0.829 p <0.01), there is a correlation
between autocratic leadership style and employee performance with a negative relationship
which was significant to the study (r =-0.586, p <0.01) and there is a negative correlation
between laissez faire leadership style and employee performance and significant relationship (r =
-0.513, p <0.01).
From the study it can be said that leadership style strongly affects employee performance among
commercial banks.
Basing on the findings of the study, the researcher found that the organization should adopt
democratic leadership style in the work place because people like to work in free atmosphere
where they can share and exchange their views and employees tell their leaders fearlessly in case
of anything wrong.
The researcher suggests that management in the organization should not just apply one
leadership style, but rather have many varying styles depending upon the situation. So that
organizational objectives and goals be achieved by both employees and management. | en_US |
