The effect of leadership style on employees’ performance

Akashah, Mohd Hazman (2020) The effect of leadership style on employees’ performance. Project Report. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Leadership style is the manner of providing direction, implementing strategies and motivating individuals towards the attainment of the desired objectives. Management of today's world is about management in times of rapid change. The need to develop better leadership styles is becoming increasingly important in all organizations. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to ascertain if there is a relationship between the leadership styles and employees' performance, particularly of the manufacturing companies in Negeri Sembilan. Meanwhile, it is also to determine the relationships between leadership style and employees' performance through the elements of employee motivation, commitment and discipline. Quantitative method has been used to carry out this study. The data was gathered from 155 respondents located in Negeri Sembilan. Statistical Packages for Social Science (SPSS) version 23 was used to analyze the data. The reliability of the instrument was ensured by Cronbach’s Alpha test. Pearson Correlation and multiple regression tests were also applied to measure the nature and size of the association between variables and test hypotheses. Resultantly, among many others, the variable that becomes much prominent is discipline. In addition, the results also stated that there were positive relationships between the four variables used in measuring the employees’ performance. Hopefully, this research should able to help many companies to explore more about leadership styles and issues happened in leadership then consequently captured the factors that could enhance the employees’ performance.

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