The Influence of Leadership Styles on John Lewis Employee Performance

This research proposal investigates the impact of leadership styles and inter-organizational networks on employee performance, using John Lewis as a case study. It outlines the background, aims, objectives, and research questions, emphasizing the significance of leadership in fostering employee satisfaction and organizational growth. The literature review explores the concepts of leadership styles and inter-organizational networks, examining how organizations can improve employee performance and the influence of leadership on employee outcomes. The methodology section details the research type, approaches, data collection methods, sampling techniques, and data analysis procedures. The study aims to provide insights into how leadership styles and inter-organizational networks affect employee performance within John Lewis, contributing to a deeper understanding of effective leadership practices and their impact on organizational success. The research will employ a qualitative approach, including questionnaires and interviews to gather data, with a focus on employee perspectives and experiences.

RESEARCH PROPOSAL

TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITTLE: The impact of leadership styles and inter-organisational networks on employee's
performance: A case of John Lewis.................................................................................................3
BACKGROUND.............................................................................................................................3
Aims.............................................................................................................................................3
Objective......................................................................................................................................3
Research questions.......................................................................................................................4
Rationale......................................................................................................................................4
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................4
The concept of leadership styles and inter organisational network.............................................4
The ways through which organization can improve the performance of employees..................5
The influence of leadership styles and inter-organisational networks on the performance of
employees....................................................................................................................................5
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY....................................................................................................6
Research type...............................................................................................................................6
Research approaches....................................................................................................................6
Data collection.............................................................................................................................6
Sampling......................................................................................................................................6
Validity and reliability.................................................................................................................6
Data analysis................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

TITTLE: The impact of leadership styles and inter-organisational networks on
employee's performance: A case of John Lewis.
BACKGROUND
Leadership styles in business seems to the most important while through which they can
make their high level of strategies. The impact of the leadership and inter-organizational
networks on employee performance in the company. Leadership styles plays important role for
developing the business and also make their organization to be ensure about their strategic and
also have their high level of satisfaction in organization for employee performance. Leadership
styles in organization keep their organization growth and also make sure about their strategic and
also have development at market position as well as for taking competitive advantage (Sarfraz,
2017). John Lewis is brand of high department store and operating business at various parts of
world. The brand also sells the general merchandise as being the part of the employee owned
through having the mutual organization which is known as John Lewis partnership. This research
will explain about the aim and objective of the research and main propose of having their
research. Furthermore, explain about the literature review while by taking the help of various
author for supporting the objective. This report also determine about the research methodology
which states about the research methods and importance of research taken from the well-sites.
data analysis must be important for supporting the research and making the research for primary
research methods.
Aims
To investigate the impact of leadership styles and inter-organisational networks on
employee's performance: A case of John Lewis.
Objective
 To develop basic understanding regarding the concept of leadership styles and inter
organisational network.
 To identify the ways through which John Lewis can improve the performance of
employees.
 To analyse the influence of leadership styles and inter-organisational networks on the
performance of employees within John Lewis.
Research questions
 What is the concept of leadership styles and inter organisational network?

 What are the ways through which John Lewis can improve the performance of
employees?
 What are the influence of leadership styles and inter-organisational networks on the
performance of employees within John Lewis?
Rationale
The rationale have selected this topic for stating about various things and also make sure
about their things related to leadership styles in organization. Employee performance should be
also easily express over by having the leaders in the organization. Scholar have also think about
that how the performance and how that can be improved by having this topic to be selected. As
they think about that leadership also play important role in making the organization developed
and also play important for developing the employee performance while by having the high
range of leadership styles with their leaders in organization (Hansen and Pihl-Thingvad, 2019).
This could be also another reason for selecting this topic along with making the reliable websites
support for selecting over the improving performance of employee in organization. Influencing
leadership and inter-organization networks must be important for making the well-performance
of the employee within the organization. Scholar have used the relevant sites for collecting the
information and making the data more relevant have prefer to the employee performance for
gaining more knowledge about the leadership styles and inter-organizational things which are the
most important for knowing to the many other peoples. As this could be also another reason for
selecting for this topic and also making the research more relevant for having the knowledge
about the various leadership styles in organization.
LITERATURE REVIEW
The main aim for having the literature review for knowing about the concept or
leadership styles and inter-organizational network in organization. Also explain about the
various ways while through which employee performance can be improve and influences of
leadership styles and inter-organization networks for performing the employee in organization.
The concept of leadership styles and inter organisational network
According to Lim, Loo and Lee (2017), synergistic settings require various kinds of
initiative and the board than customary intra organizational settings because of the limit crossing
nature of coordinated efforts (area, hierarchical, and evaporative limits), the absence of formal
power also, chain of command, and the fogginess of techniques. Authority in synergistic settings

should be fundamentally unique, zeroing in to a great extent on measure, and has likenesses to
facilitative, groundbreaking, and worker administration that is, to motivate responsibility and
activity, to lead as companion issue solver, to construct broad based contribution, and to support
trust and participation. As per Alrowwad and et.al. (2017), view that, The part of authority in
producing and keeping up successful bury authoritative coordinated effort has additionally been
understudied; in reality numerous provokingly question networks truly are overseen by any
means. Administration in networks, be that as it may, appears of most extreme significance for
organization. In the event that inter- organizational initiative includes a pioneer and a devotee,
inter-organizational initiative scarcely does so in reality.
The ways through which organization can improve the performance of employees
As per Bakker and Leiter (2017), view that, Workers need clear bearing about their
obligations, alongside the assumptions for accomplishment. Day by day work plans that
incorporate occupation needs may get knock by an emergency or alters in course. Keeping
accountabilities clear will assist with limiting struggle. Ensuring representatives are clear about
their work tasks implies conveying those assumptions well. Keep on overseeing what is normal
through regular correspondences. On the off chance that representatives can clarify destinations
in their own words, it is a decent possibility that they realize what to do and how to complete it.
Hicks (2019), states about, Normal and convenient evaluations guarantee representatives know
where they remain consistently. Directing execution examinations consistently likewise keeps
objectives in the front line of day by day undertakings. Enabling workers can take on numerous
structures as they acquire the power to settle on choices that colossally affect their prosperity.
Regardless of whether it is giving them contribution on objectives and targets, or permitting
them to get to their information without going to HR, minor road obstructions won't block their
advancement. They have the assets they need, yet realize they are considered responsible without
being micromanaged.
The influence of leadership styles and inter-organisational networks on the performance of
employees
According to Hooijdonk (2019), Representative acknowledgment additionally assumes a
significant part in commitment. At the point when representatives get adulated for their work and
execution, they're bound to keep rehashing that equivalent conduct. Regardless of this, numerous
administrators and pioneers commit a similar error. In spite of the fact that organizations

generally offer advantages and advantages to keep their representatives glad, giving somebody
acknowledgment for their persistent effort isn't just about actual prizes. Indeed, acknowledgment
is more about recognizing workers for their commitments to the business.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research type
Research can defined as type of consideration for having the particular concern of
problem solving while by using the scientific methods. This research conducted the Qualitative
research through which the scholar need to prepare the questionnaire and take the interview for
the various people.
Research approaches
Research approaches means the it is systematic work which undertake for increase the
knowledge. It might be also involve the collection, analysis of the information for increasing
overall topic issues (Shields, 2019). In this Inductive research have been selected for collecting
the information and also for generating the untested conclusion for research topic.
Data collection
It is the process for gathering the information while by using the various methods for
collecting the relevant information. It being also type of research component through which
scholar can make the proper use of data or information that have been collected. In present
research scholar have selected the primary research for having their proper information and also
making the proper use of collecting information.
Sampling
Sampling means the it is type of selection while by having the individual statistical
population and also for representing the population in question (Rodrigues and Rosa, 2019). In
the present research scholar have selected 30 employee for questionnaire and making them
ensure about their privacy that not to share with anyone in the organization.
Validity and reliability
The scholar have taken the data or any other information from the relevant websites.
Along with this also make sure about that while by having the primary research and secondary
they have also ensure about the right data must be used for having the proper research and also
make sure about the various strategic that have been used are taken from the right websites. the

Qualitative research have been conducted by making sure about the employee and also make
sure about that questionnaire must be prepared for having the better and relevant information
about the topic have been selected.
Data analysis
The data can analysed by using the various questionnaire and also make sure about using
the graph for supporting the primary research in this research (Daniel, 2018). The data and many
other information have been analysed by using the proper methods of data analyse that could
also led them for scholar in having the proper communication with the various employee in
organization.

REFERENCES
Books and journals
Alrowwad, A.A. and et.al., 2017. The impact of transformational leadership on organizational
performance via the mediating role of corporate social responsibility: A structural
equation modeling approach. International Business Research. 10(1). pp.199-221.
Bakker, A.B. and Leiter, M., 2017. Strategic and proactive approaches to work
engagement. Organizational Dynamics. 46(2). pp.67-75.
Daniel, B.K., 2018. Contestable professional academic identity of those who teach research
methodology. International Journal of Research & Method in Education. 41(5). pp.548-
561.
Hansen, J.A. and Pihl-Thingvad, S., 2019. Managing employee innovative behaviour through
transformational and transactional leadership styles. Public Management Review. 21(6).
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Lim, A.J.P., Loo, J.T.K. and Lee, P.H., 2017. The impact of leadership on turnover intention:
The mediating role of organizational commitment and job satisfaction. Journal of Applied
Structural Equation Modeling, 1(1), pp.27-41.
Rodrigues, P. and Rosa, P.J., 2019. Eye-tracking as a research methodology in educational
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Sarfraz, H., 2017. Differentiated time management skills between leadership styles: simplified
with a cross-cultural approach. Development and Learning in Organizations: An
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Shields, M., 2019. Research Methodology and Statistical Methods. Scientific e-Resources.
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Hicks, A., 2019. Top 10 Ways to Improve Employee Efficiency [Online]. Available through:
<https://www.zenefits.com/workest/top-10-ways-to-improve-employee-efficiency/>
Hooijdonk, R., 2019. How Good Leadership Can Impact Employees’ Innovative Behavior
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