Effect of Leadership Styles on Employee Engagement in Dashen Bank S.C Addis Ababa” is my original work and has not been presented for a degree in any other university
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2020-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The purpose of this research is to examine the Effect of Leadership Styles on Employee Engagement in Dashen bank S.C Addis Ababa .The study followed Correlational type of research design and quantitative study approach .Proportional Stratified sampling technique was used in order to select the samples from the total population Accordingly from 2,396 professional employees of the bank in Addis Ababa, 343 employees were selected as sample and 343 questionnaires were distributed and 318 were obtained and used for further analysis. The collected data was analyzed using spss software version 25. Standardized questionnaires of leadership behavior (Multi Factor Leadership Questionnaire) and Utrecht work Employees engagement rating scale was used to conduct the study. Correlation and linear multiple regression were used to examine the effect of the two leadership style transformational and transactional on employees’ engagement. The result obtained from regression analysis shows that Transformational leadership styles have positive and significant effect on employees’ engagement. Whereas transactional leadership styles have no significant effect on employees’ engagement. The dominant leadership style in Dashen bank is transformational .Based on the findings the researcher forwarded some recommendations for the bank which would be helpful for creating an atmosphere for employee engagement these include more work need to be done in the HR department in recruiting and selecting more transformative leader from within the bank or from outside and provide the necessary training to align their skill with the bank vision, regular employees’ engagement review shall be developed by the executive of Dashen Bank . In addition to enhance employee engagement level the bank need to design new strategy Such strategies include, sharing good practice and ideas between teams, have an employee voice, understanding their individual learning styles and preference, provide career paths and opportunities for growth and recognize top performers
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Leadership style, Employee Engagement, Dashen Bank S.C