The Influence of Leadership Styles on Job Performance and Commitment

This report examines the influence of leadership styles on job performance and organizational commitment. The introduction establishes that effective leadership is crucial for employee satisfaction and commitment. The thesis argues that appropriate leadership styles positively impact both job performance and organizational commitment in a competitive global economy. The report presents three key arguments: effective communication improves leadership styles, organizational commitment enhances performance and leadership styles, and complicated environments can negatively impact performance if inappropriate leadership styles are chosen. The arguments are supported by research and provide insights into how managers can understand and meet employee needs to boost performance and foster commitment. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of proper interaction between employees and managers and the positive effects of leadership styles on employee outcomes. The report suggests that both positive and negative impacts of leadership styles are possible. The report also includes references to relevant academic sources.

Leadership styles
affect job
performance and
organizational
commitment
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Introduction
The study will investigate the impact of leadership styles on job
performance and organizational commitment of an individual.
Organizational commitment and job satisfaction of an employee
depend on the leadership style of their managers. If the manager
understands their employee needs then only it increases their
performance and commitment level. The various argument will
be provided that define the role of leadership styles in employees
working performance that enable them to maintain their
commitment to the organization. Appropriate leadership style is
necessary for enhancing job performance and organizational
commitment of an employee.

Thesis and argument outline
Thesis Statement
Presence of global economic competitiveness makes the organization
more complex, and thus appropriate leadership styles have to be
followed that may generate a positive effect on job performance and
organizational commitment
 In today's environment managers of the organization maintain
effective management leadership behavior that influences them to
maintain the positive effect on both these prospects
 Some managers of organization fail to notify their employee needs
which thus increases their negative attitude towards the business
 It thus enhances a negative impact on their organizational
commitment and job performance

Argument 1
Appropriate communication improve the leadership styles of manager that allow
them to enhance the satisfaction level of employee
 Leadership style refers to as the manager’s attitude and behavior of supervision
and governance that helps them to understand their employee desires
 For increasing the organizational commitment and job performance of an
employee, it is essential for the managers to maintain an interpersonal
relationship with them
 Many scholars argue that managers should interact with their employees to
identify their desires and thus develop proper strategies by which they can fulfill
their needs
 It is suggested that this prospect will help to develop proper manager’s
leadership style which increases the commitment of workers over the
organization

Argument 2
Organizational commitment is a significant variable that helps an
employee to enhance their performance level and also help the manager
to improve their leadership styles
 By using proper leadership styles, the managers easily understand
the psychological condition of the staff members
 The manager often act as per their employee's emotional orientation
so that they influence them to increase their commitment and
performance for the firm
 Maintaining empathy in the leadership styles, the superiors can
succeed in building a strong relationship with their junior, and it
influences their commitment and performance level for the firm

Argument 3
Presence of complicated environment often enable the manager to
choose appropriate leadership styles which thus creates a negative
effect on both organizational commitment and job performance of a
worker
 Increase of competition level in current days generate complicate the
situation for the business
 For overcoming these complicated conditions, managers often follow
inappropriate leadership styles that affected their job performance
and organizational commitment
 Besides this, incorrect leadership style enables them to understand
their worker's needs, and for this reason, a negative aspect has been
generated on the performance of the individual employee

Conclusion
Leadership style is only effective when proper interaction have
been present in between employees and managers. Then it
influences their commitment and performance respectively. If the
leadership style helps the managers to understand the emotional
content and psychological condition of workers, then it also
provides a positive impact on both these prospects. Besides this,
many scholars argue that the presence of complicated situation
creates challenges for choosing proper leadership styles which
thus reduces the performance and commitment level of
employee. Thus it is concluded that leadership style provides
both positive and negative impact on the commitment and
performance level of an employee.

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