Impact of Leadership on Organizational Performance

Running head: IMPACT OF LEADERSHIP ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE
Impact of Leadership on Organizational Performance
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Abstract
This report is based on creating an understanding of how leadership has an impact on the
organizational performance. The paper has therefore constructed a background related to
leadership and organizational performance and accordingly this has been helpful in creating the
objectives of the research. The literature review has explained what other researchers have
opined on this topic and thereafter the secondary quantitative data has been used for the purpose
quantitative data analysis. The results that have been gathered has been able to provide certain
outcome that signifies the level of impact leadership has on organizational performance by
selecting few leadership variables and accordingly recommendations for future work has been
addressed as well.

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction....................................................................................................................4
1.1 Problem Statement.................................................................................................................4
1.2 Research Objectives...............................................................................................................5
1.3 Research Question.................................................................................................................5
Chapter 2: Literature Review...........................................................................................................6
2.1 Organizational Performance..................................................................................................7
Chapter 3: Research Methodology................................................................................................10
3.1 Introduction..........................................................................................................................10
3.2 Research Philosophy............................................................................................................10
3.3 Research Approach..............................................................................................................11
3.4 Research Design..................................................................................................................11
3.5 Data Collection Process.......................................................................................................12
3.6 Data Analysis Plan...............................................................................................................12
3.7 Ethical Consideration...........................................................................................................12
Chapter 4: Data Analysis and Discussion......................................................................................14
4.1 Introduction..........................................................................................................................14
4.2 Correlation Analysis............................................................................................................14
4.3 Regression Analysis.............................................................................................................15
4.4 Normality Plot.....................................................................................................................17

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Chapter 5: Conclusion, Recommendation, Limitation and Future Work......................................18
5.1 Conclusion...........................................................................................................................18
5.2 Recommendation.................................................................................................................18
5.3 Limitation of the Study........................................................................................................19
5.4 Future Work.........................................................................................................................19
Reference List................................................................................................................................20
Appendix........................................................................................................................................24

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Chapter 1: Introduction
The aim of any company is not only to exist in the market but is to sustain their survival
by developing their level of performance. In order to stay in line with the demands and the needs
of the competitive economy, it is the responsibility of the companies to enhance their
performance (Birasnav, 2014). The researches that have been taken previously have addressed
that the leadership role plays a significant role in order to enhance the performance of an
organization and attain their aims and objectives. On the other hand, the results that have been
gathered from the earlier researches in accordance to the impact of leadership on the
organizational performance have been mixed and therefore the construction of this paper based
on this topic has become vital in order to have a clear understanding of the level and kind of
impact leadership has on the performance of an organization.
1.1 Problem Statement
The companies that are operational in the global market has the idea of maintaining profit
and in order to attain their level of profit, it is essential for the companies to stay alive in the
market in a sustainable manner. There are several factors that assists in the development of the
performance of the companies and one of the essential factors has been leadership style that is
followed by the company and the kind of leadership that is undertaken by the company (Hartnell
et al., 2016). The previous researches have shown leadership impacts on the performance of the
companies but the problem that is existent is that with the advent of time as the market and the
operational style changes in order to cope with the market the impact of leadership on
organizational performance changes as well (Zhu et al., 2015). Therefore, it has become essential
to understand the impact and conclude in that manner.

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1.2 Research Objectives
The objectives of the research are:
 Assess the impact of behaviour of leadership on the organizational performance
1.3 Research Question
The question on the basis of which the research would move forward has been explained
as follows:
Q1. How does leadership impact the performance of an organization?