Leadership Styles and Employee Performance in Selected Sub-Counties, Bushenyi District Uganda
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2012-07
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Kampala International University, school of masters in human resource management
Abstract
The study assessed the effect of leadership styles on local government employee
erformance in selected sub-counties in Bushenyi district and was based on four
specific objectives: (i) to determine the demographic profile of the respondents in terms
f gender, age, marital status, educational level, kind of employment and working
experience; (ii) to determine the level of leadership styles, (iii) to determine the level of
ocal government employee performance, (iv) to establish whether there is a significant
-elationship between leadership styles and local government employee performance in
selected sub counties Bushenyi district. It employed a descriptive correlation survey
iesign, Used SAQ to collect data from 157 out of 259 employees, using simple random
sampling. Data analysis was done using SPSS’s frequencies and percentages; means
3nd PLCC. The findings showed that majority of the respondents were male, and were
narried in the age bracket of 20 — 39 years, certificate holders dominated the study,
:he youth dominated the category of respondents and experience in the organization
~as between below 3 years. Both the level of leadership styles and employee
Derformance was high. PLCC revealed positive and significant relationship between
eadership styles and employee performance. The researcher recommended that if local
government employee performance is to improve; (a) Leaders should ensure that there
s Proper Corporation among all the workers whenever problems arise, (b) the districts
should put change agents to minimize social cost of living in the organization, (c) to
guarantee employees’ welfare, employee should be given fringe benefits to subsidize
income, (d) Sub counties should provide appropriate and suitable work methods and
materials to improve workers’ effectively (e) staff should be trained to acquire different
skills and knowledge to exhibit high level of creativity in duties. Basing on path goal
theory of leadership by Robert House (1971) that guided the study, it was proved that
effective leaders influence employee performance by clarifying the path to their
followers to attain the goals
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A Thesis Presented to the college of Higher degrees and Research Kampala International University Kampala, Uganda in Partial fulfillment of the Requirement of the Degree Master of Human Resource Management
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Leadership Styles and Employee Performance, Bushenyi District Uganda