workie, Bantie (PhD)Gezahegn, Estifanos2022-02-152023-11-042022-02-152023-11-042021-04http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/30091The main objective of the study was to understand the effect of leadership style on motivation in the case of Coca Cola Company. In order to do this, a Likert scale questionnaire was prepared and distributed to the employees of Coca-Cola. It was found that transformational leadership style has the highest positive effect on motivation, transactional leadership style has the most negative effect on motivation and laissez faire leadership style has a negative effect on motivation and a positive effect on extrinsic motivation. The study also found a strong relationship between transformational leadership style, laissez faire leadership style, transactional leadership style and the motivation of Coca Cola employees and explains 56.9% of the deviation in their motivation. It was also found that transformational leadership style dominates the companyen-USTransformational leadership styleLaissez faire leadership styleTransactional leadership styleThesis