Perceived Effects Of Leadership Styles On Workers’ Performance In Package Water Producing Industry In Adamawa State, Nigeria

Adamu Ahmed Girei

doi:10.31686/ijier.vol3.iss12.491

Authors

Adamu Ahmed Girei Federal Polytechnic, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol3.iss12.491

Keywords:

Transformational Leadership, Transactional Leadership, Laissez faire Leadership, Servant Leadership, Employees’ Performance

Abstract

This empirical paper examines the impact of transformational leadership, transactional leadership, laissez faire leadership and servant leadership styles on performance among employees of Package Water producing Industry in Adamawa State, Nigeria. SPSS v.20 Correlation and regression techniques were used to test the study hypotheses. The result provided support for three hypothesized relationships for the study. Specifically, transformational leadership style, transactional leadership style and servant leadership style have positive, strong and significant relationship with performance among the study sample. However, laissez faire leadership style was not found to be significantly related to performance among the employees. Therefore, it is recommended that, package Water enterprises managers/ owners should practice transformational leadership, servant leadership styles and transactional leadership for improved performance in the industry in Adamawa State, Nigeria.

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Adamu Ahmed Girei, Federal Polytechnic, Nigeria

Department Of Business Administration And Management

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