Effects of Leadership Styles on Employee Performance: In the Case of Commercial Bank of Ethiopia
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2022-08
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Addis Ababa University
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Employee performance is a vital tool or mechanism that the company secures the expected outcome and the cascaded plan of the organization which has a direct connection with leadership styles. So the company overall performance and expected outcome is composed of leadership style and employee performance there should have to be a know how this tool or this two variables working together to get the utmost result of what is needed. The purpose of this study is to identify and examine the relationship between the selected leadership style and employee performance besides the relation hip of each leadership styles is negative or positive towards employee performance. The data collection method is using MLQ(Multi factor Leadership questionnaires’ is given to the employees of the commercial bank of Ethiopia Boe District 1262 employees from those 261 was managerial position employees and the rest of which is 1061 non managerial . The questionnaire contains 6 question for each three leadership style (Transformational, transactional and laissez-faire) leadership style and 18 question regarding employee performance and most of the questioner was responded successfully. Based on the findings of the questionnaire transformational leadership style has a negative impact on employee performance and the other two transactional leadership style and laissez-faire leadership style has a positive impact on employee performance. Finally it is recommended that it is useful to use transactional leadership style that needs every day followup and using laissez-faire leadership style that needs minor follow-up