THE IMPACT OF LEADERSHIP STYLES ON EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY (A CASE STUDY OF PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS)

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to examine the impact of leadership styles on employee productivity in public sector organizations of Nangarhar, Afghanistan. There are three independent variables and one dependent variable in the study. The transformational, transactional and laissez faire leadership styles are independent while employee productivity is the dependent variable. The study is explanatory by nature and used survey method for data collection from the respondents. The data was collected from 177 employees of public sector organization which are located in different cities of eastern zone of Afghanistan. The respondents consists of both married and unmarried and male and female. The correlation results shows that there is a positive relationship between independent and dependent variable. The multiple regression were run to find the overall impact of all three intendant variables on dependent variable. The regression results explain that R2 value is which means the percentage change in dependent variable explained by percentage change in independent variable. Keeping in view the significant level the model is fit and hence all data collected and results drawn are within acceptable range. Therefore it is highly recommended that leadership styles are important to influence the behaviour and increase the overall productivity of employees in the public sector organizations of Nangarhar, Afghanistan.