The Impact Of Effective Leadership Styles On Some Employee’s Job Performance In Selected Local Government Areas Of Adamawa State

Abstract

This paper examines the impact of leadership style on employees’ job performance in some selected local government areas of Adamawa State, Nigerian. The study adopted a survey research design. The employee selected include junior and senior staff. Stratified random sampling technique was used for sample selection. Two hypotheses were formulated. The data obtained was statistically analyzed using chi-square (x2) with the use of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). The findings of the study show that most of the workers agree that their performance is limited by poor leadership of their supervisor. From the analysis, democratic leadership style exerted more significant influence on employee’s job performance and transactional leadership style had a positive and significant impact on organizational performance of the local government areas by enhancing leader and subordinate relationship. Since leadership style is one of the tools used in attainment of organizational goals and objectives, therefore every organization should as issue of importance, ensure of getting the right leader that will man their organization; in order to achieve their set goals/objectives.