An Assessment of Staff Perception on Leader’s Leadership Style and Effectiveness at United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
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2018-07
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Addis Ababa University
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This research was conducted mainly to assess the dominant leadership style of UNECA. On top of this, the research also aimed to assess the perception differences between the leaders and the subordinate about the leadership styles as well as the leadership outcomes of effectiveness by the leader’s self-evaluation and subordinate evaluation. The study used descriptive survey design. Data were gathered from 231 respondents out of 260 sample from the population 771 employee which was selected by using proportionate stratified random sampling techniques. The Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ-5x) was the instrument used for the data analysis. SPSS used for the data analysis, descriptive statistical indexes like frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and descriptive inferential statistics t-test used. The findings further revealed that the dominant leadership style of UNECA was Transactional Leadership style followed by passive avoidant Leadership style than transformational Leadership style. The research also showed that there was a perception difference on the leadership style of the leaders and in overall leadership outcomes of effectiveness. The effectiveness of leadership outcomes was low. Based on the result of this research, it was recommended that leaders at UNECA should adopt transformational leadership style. following transformational leadership style leads to minimize the perception gap of leadership styles of leaders and also it leads to get organizational effectiveness in to high.
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An Assessment of Staff Perception on Leader’s Leadership Style