Researching the Impact of Leadership Styles on Performance

This research report investigates the influence of leadership styles on organizational performance, focusing on transformational, transactional, autocratic, and laissez-faire styles. It examines how these styles impact employee motivation, innovation, and overall productivity. The literature review analyzes various authors' viewpoints to understand the effects of different leadership approaches on organizational outcomes. The research highlights the importance of adapting leadership styles to suit company culture, employee behavior, and specific situations to maximize performance and achieve long-term growth while reducing staff turnover. It also identifies both the benefits and potential drawbacks of each leadership style, providing insights for leaders to improve their skills and knowledge in managing their teams effectively.

Research Project
What extent can leadership styles impact on
organisational performance

Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................................3
Aim of the study.....................................................................................................................4
The aim of the current research work is to investigate and analyse the influence that
leadership styles could have on organisational performance.................................................4
Objectives of the study...........................................................................................................4
Background of the Study.................................................................................................................4
Research questions.................................................................................................................5
Rationale..........................................................................................................................................5
Literature Review.............................................................................................................................6
CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY...........................................................................11
CHAPTER 4: DATA ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS...................................................................13
CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION AND RECCOMMENDATIONS................................................21
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................23

Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION
In any organization leaders helps to communicate the vision, mission and objectives of company
to employees. They provide direction and motivate every individual to work towards
accomplishment of goals of organization (Sousa and Rocha, 2019). Leadership plays important
role for any organization irrespective for their size and scope, as with help leaders company can
have clear communication with employees and can provide them a clear as well as compelling
direction. It is essential for an organization to understand the importance of leadership provide
training then coaching to leaders in order to implement appropriate form of leadership style
according to the situation and behaviour of employees (Peker, Inandi and Gilic, 2018).
Leadership styles is mainly a leader’s methods which help them to motivate people implement
plans and provide direction. With efficient leaders characteristics a leader can implement
leadership style as per the situation and can further overcome complex situations in define an
effective manner. With help of taking appropriate form of leadership style leaders can have a
tendency to manage employees work in an effective manner and further provide them guidance
and motivation to fulfil overall objectives of organization. Efficiently proper and efficient
knowledge of leadership styles benefit leaders to utilise their skills experience and capabilities
effectively and provide organization benefit in terms of long term growth and lower staff
turnover. With the help of effective promote leadership style organization can manage overall
goals and objectives efficiently and confirm to provide guidance to employees efficiently. It is
important leader to understand behaviour of employees and have knowledge of all the form of
leadership style in order to utilise accordingly. This research report analyse the influence that
leadership style can have on forms of organization. In addition to this discussion has been
conducted on the impact of transformation, transactional, autocratic leadership style on the
performance of organization. Research also identifies the impact of leadership styles on overall
performance of company with the help of literature review analysis.

Aim of the study
The aim of the current research work is to investigate and analyse the influence that leadership
styles could have on organisational performance.
Objectives of the study
 To study the association amid transformational leadership style and performance of the
company
 To examine the association amid transactional leadership style and performance of the
company
 To scrutinize the association amid laissez fair leadership style and performance of the
company
 To analyse the relationship among autocratic leadership style and performance of the
company
 To analyse the impact of these leadership styles on the performance of the organization
Background of the Study
Leadership styles plays important role for every business sector around the globe. With the
help of taking advantage of different type of leadership styles such as
transformational,transactional,laissez fair and autocratic leadership Style Company can
significantly enhance their performance. However it is essential to implement the appropriate
form of leadership style according to the company culture trend and situation. It is essential for
leaders within organization to analyse behaviour of employees company vision, mission and
situation in order to implement the use of appropriate form of leadership style. Present research
study is being duly designed to evaluate and analyse the influence of leadership style on
performance of company. This research outlines the manner in which different type of leadership
styles can help organization to maximise their performance in a well defined and effective
manner.
Research questions
The current research work is going to answer some of the important research questions and these
are:
 What is the impact of autocratic leadership style influence organizational performance?
 What is the impact of laissez fair leadership style influence organizational performance?

 To what extent does not the transactional leadership style influence organizational
performance?
 To what extent does not the transformational leadership style influence organizational
performance?
 What is the impact of leadership styles on a company’s performance?
Rationale
It is essential for all organization irrespective of its size and scope to have strong leadership
practices within organization. Leadership style impact each and every business sector around the
globe and negligence of selecting appropriate form of leadership style can cost a company in
terms of decreasing performance and productivity of both employees and organization. As the
present study is aimed to investigate and analyse the influence of leadership style up on
organization performance it is essential for companies to implement appropriate and effective
form of leadership style according to the situation. This will help leaders to bring best out of
employees while enhancing overall productivity of company. This research is being undertaken
with the help of systematic literature review that significantly helps in analysing viewpoint of
various authors, generals and online article in order to understand the influence of leadership
style upon performance and productivity of organization. Furthermore it has been underlined that
present research is significantly helpful for all companies in every industry and will help them to
conduct their business operations and enhance their performance while managing employees.
Furthermore it has been underlined that this research duly explains the impact of leadership style
on various business sectors and do not directly conducted on any particular industry. Along with
this present research is effective for leaders within organization as it allow them to understand
the importance of leadership style and practices according to the situation. Present research is
also conducted to duly evaluate impact of transformational,transactional,laissez fair and
autocratic leadership style upon the performance of organization. Present research is also
practical for future researchers as well as student as it provide detailed information associated to
the impact of leadership style on business organization performance. This research enhances
researcher ability and enhances their skills and knowledge to conduct future research efficiently.
Literature Review
Impact of autocratic leadership style influence organizational performance

As per the view point of Solihah, Budiawan and Nugraha, 2021 Autocratic leadership is also
defined as authority leadership style. In this form of leadership leaders have control over all the
decision making and in this there is a little input from group members. In simple terms leaders
with authoritative leadership style make choices based on their judgement and ideas and rarely
accept advice from other team members. With the help of this form of leadership style
organization can have advantage in terms of having fast crisis management benefits (Alrowwad
and Abualoush, 2020). With the help of having autocratic leaders who is well equipped to deal
with challenging or pricing situation organization can significantly manage complex issues and
can handle problems in an effective manner as comparatively to other form of leadership style.
With the help of this style leaders can undertake faster decision and can fulfil organizational
goals and objectives in time effective manner. This leadership style also helps in removing
pressure on employees. Erdem, 2021 states that with the use of personal experience autocratic
leaders provide step by step instruction to team members which helps employees to have a clear
direction and a path to fulfil overall goals and objectives in a best manner. It helps in improving
overall revenue of employees. Furthermore it has been underlined that with the help of having
this form of leadership style organization can fulfil short term results in an effective manner.
While it has been identified that sometime autocratic leadership create lack of trust as in this
form of leadership style decision making another important aspects are depends upon leader it
also increases burden for the leader and affect employees innovation creativity (Peker, Inand and
Gilic, 2018). Thus from the above mentioned analysis it has been identified according to some
authors autocratic leadership style have positive influence on organization performance as it
allow leaders to overcome complex situation with their experience, talent and skill. While to
some authors states that this form of leadership styles affect innovativeness and creativity of
employees and also lead towards lack of trust among them.
Impact of laissez fair leadership style influence organizational performance
As per the viewpoint of Donkor and Zhou, 2020 laissez fair leadership style is a fairly self
explanatory form of leadership in which leaders have an attitude of trust and reliance on
employees. In this form of leadership style leaders trust abilities and have confidence on
employees. With the help of this form of leadership style organization can measure create
retention from their workforce as employees who trusted feel confident to perform the roles and
responsibilities and also wants to stay within organization. This form of leadership style makes

them feel relaxed. Furthermore it has been underlined that laissez fair means that employees are
accountable for their work. This is a best way through which organization can enhance their
skills and capabilities and can make them do the work in a best possible manner. This form of
leadership style allow organization to provide a relaxed company culture to employees which
enhances creativity and innovation of workers (Wong and Giessner, 2018). With the help of this
form of leadership styles leadership can provide high motivation to workers and can enhance
their overall productivity and performance. It has been identified that there are certain forms of
employees pursue perform their work and laissez fair leaders these people usually tend to be
more creative which provide organization to offer best services to consumers and stand out in
industry. With the help of this leadership style organization can empower employees which can
increase innovation and creativity it also encourage trust between leaders and team
members.Laissez-faire leadership is genuinely obvious. Laissez-faire leaders have a demeanour
of trust and dependence on their workers (Atan, and Mahmood, 2019). They don't obsessively
fuss over or get excessively involved, they don't give a lot of guidance or direction. Rather
Laissez-faire leaders let their workers utilize their imagination, assets, and experience to assist
them with meeting their objectives. This sort of administration is exceptionally uninvolved
leaders their workers and are positive about their capacities (Donkor and Zhou, 2020). They give
direction and assume liability where required, however this leadership style implies that
subordinates and colleagues have the genuine lead. Laissez-faire means that subordinates are
accountable for their work (Erdem, 2021). This is a great way to ensure that they do the best
they can ultimately they are on the line for their project, so they want to do the best job
possible. Laissez-faire leadership takes a hands-off approach to leadership and gives others the
freedom to make decisions. While leaders still provide their teams with the resources and tools
they need to succeed, they remain largely uninvolved in the day-to-day work. Furthermore, it has
been underlined that employees are highly motivated by laissez-faire leadership (Peker,Inandi
and Gilic,2018). They aren’t motivated by the specific expectations or instructions, rather they
are motivated by their own thoughts and ideas. They know they have autonomy over their part of
the project, and feel excited about showing what they can do (Glambek, Skogstad and Einarsen,
2018).However, it has been identified that with the help of this leadership style there can be
sometime conflicts among team members and this form of leadership style is not effective within
unmotivated or unskilled team. In order to apply this form of leadership style it is essential for an

organization to have the right team in which leaders are required to have higher level of
observation skills. It is essential for organization to apply this form of leadership style according
to the situation (Solihah, Budiawan and Nugraha, 2021).
In addition to this Laissez-faire leadership style has positive impact on performance of
organization as it significantly encourages personal growth. It allows leaders to undertake
approach in which they provide employees to have a chance to undertake decisions. With the
help of taking advantage of this leadership style organization have tendency to create an
environment which significantly facilitate overall growth and development. In addition to this
with the help of this form of leadership style organization have tendency to encourage
innovation, as it has been stated that with the help of this leadership employees have significant
capability to encourage innovation and creativity. This help company do not only satisfy
customers needs and demands in a well defined and effective manner but also conduct roles and
responsibilities in different way as comparatively to other rivals in industry. With the help of
undertaking use of this form of leadership style organization can not only maximise the overall
sales and profitability but can also enhance competitiveness in industry as comparatively to other
rivals. Furthermore it has also been analysed that with the help of this form of Laissez-faire
leadership style organization can have tendency to undertake faster decision making, as in this it
has been seated that there is no micromanagement in which employees under this form of
leadership has autonomy to undertake their own decisions. This further significantly helps in
providing employees and ability to undertake quick decision without waiting approval. Thus it
has been identified that with the help of this form of leadership style organization can undertake
decision making in faster manner and accomplish overall project as well as task in appropriate
time manner and can maximise overall sales and growth. In this it is essential for leaders within
organization to provide effective form of training to employees in order to make them highly
skilled and experience. This approach significantly benefits organization in terms of assuring
higher growth and competitiveness in industry by providing little guidance to employees.
Furthermore, it has also been identified that this Laissez-faire leadership style is based on
delegation. In this leaders with the help of taking advantage of this form of leadership can
influence innovativeness and creativity among organization with the help of this form of
leadership Style Company can promote lower level of overall productivity and can gain
maximum level of advantage. It has been identified that this form of leadership style has positive

and significant impact on performance of organization, as it significantly allow team members to
enhance their overall leadership skills. With the help of undertaking use of this leadership style
organization have tendency to provide people with most experienced to employees to shine. This
will also help company to retain talented and skilled employees for longer period of time. In
addition to this it has been evaluated that this leadership style also encouraged employees
motivation and satisfaction level which benefit organization to retain employees for longer
period of time. Furthermore it has been underline that it also helps in creating environment of
independence and encourages team members to explorer new ideas. With the help of undertaking
use of this form of leadership style organization have tendency to generate more individual
satisfaction and provide leaders to be strategic with their skills.
Extent does not the transactional leadership style influence organizational performance
As per the view point often and Mahmood, 2019Transactional leadership style is mainly defined
as a model of leadership which relies on encouragement of team to realise their overall success
with the help of enhancing team self confidence and morale. This form of leadership style mainly
occurs when leaders perform their roles and responsibilities in an effective manner so that they
gain trust respect loyalty and appreciation of employees those who follow them. This form of
leadership style is completely different from other form of leadership. Within this form of
leadership style employees are mainly intrinsic motivated to follow leaders because they have
respect and trust towards the leaders.
What extent does not the transactional leadership style influence organizational performance
As per the view point ofAlqatawenh, 2018Transformational leadership is a leadership
style in which leaders encourage, inspire and motivate employees to innovate and create change
that will help grow and shape the future success of the company. Transformation leaders can
allow their workers to perform work in an effective manner. This form of leadership style helps
leaders to encourage other inspire them to overcome challenges. With the help of taking
advantage of this form of leadership style organization can reduce turnover cost while this form
of leadership style does not influence organization as this can lead leaders to lose their power if
people disagree with them. In addition to this this form of leadership style can we do risky and
disruptive and also increase pressure on team members during workload. This form of leadership
style can not only reduce employee’s performance but can also lead them to face burnout in a
quick manner. If an organization does not maintain open lines of communication with team

members and provide them constant feedback with team meetings them this form of leadership
style can fail and can affect organization overall goals and objectives. Thus from the above
mentioned analysis it has been identified that it is essential for an organization to have proper
understanding of transformation leadership style in order to implement the same as to manage
their roles and responsibilities in a well defined and effective manner, as negligence of this can
impact overall growth and productivity of organization.
Impact of leadership styles on a company’s performance
As per the view point of Purwanto, Asbari and budi Santoso, 2019 For successful
accomplishment of organizational goals and objectives leadership plays important role. With the
help of taking advantage of different type of leadership styles business organizations have
tendency to boost morale, motivation and encourage employees to perform their roles and
responsibilities in a well defined and effective manner. It is essential for an organization to
understand importance of leadership style as its directly affects decision making speed,
employees morale, productivity and performance. With the help of having efficient form of
leadership styles organization can overcome any challenging situations in a well defined and
effective manner. Alrowwad and Abualoush, 2020states that leadership style have significant
impact in terms of employee morale as it helps in developing clear connection and can also
increase performance of organization. However it is essential for a company to understand that it
is essential to implement style of effective form of leadership style as per the situation as if they
selected the style of leadership against the situation then it can lead towards poor long term
results and decreasing motivation level of employees. In this it is an essential for company to
provide coaching to leaders to use appropriate form of leadership style in order to enhance
retention employee motivation and satisfaction. In order to enhance performance and profitability
of organization it is essential for a successful leader to undertake the advantage of appropriate
form of leadership style according to the situation, as negligence of this can decrease overall
productivity and performance of company. Thus, it has been analysed that selection of
appropriate leadership style plays important role for company to be an effective leader. It is
essential to choose the right leadership style in order to make sure that the particular leadership
style. It helps in enhancing overall performance and productivity of organization on
simultaneous basis.

From the above analysis it has been underlined that literature review is mainly defined as a
piece of academic writing which duly outlines understanding and knowledge of the selected
topic. In addition to this, it has been evaluated that this structures out to be a fundamental part of
each examination project which contains examination and overview of the secondary type of
information that is crucial and basically expected to set a system and base for an examination. In
addition to this, it has been evaluated that this structures out to be a fundamental part of each
examination project which contains examination and overview of the secondary type of
information that is crucial and basically expected to set a system and base for an
examination.Literature review are an collection of the most pertinent and critical distributions
with respect to that point to give an extensive glance at what has been said on the subject and by
whom.With respect to current investigation a number of online articles and journals are analysed
which are based on the topic. According to the analysis of the viewpoint of various authors
books, general, articles it has been analysed from the literature review that each in every form of
leadership style whether they are autocratic,Laissez-faire, transformation every leadership style
have their own advantages and disadvantages. It is essential for an organization to analyse the
situation behaviour of employee’s organization vision and objectives in order to apply leadership
style appropriately, as negligence of implementing leadership style before considering all the
elements can lead organization to face heavy consequences that can affect the overall growth
profitability and performance.
CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research philosophy: There are different forms of research methodology such as Positivism,
interpretivism, Pragmatism and Realismwhich benefit investigators to conduct research in an
effective manner (Lee,Idris and Tuckey, 2019).It has been underlined that in order to fulfil aims
and objectives of present research investigator will undertake advantage of positivism research
philosophy.This research effectively provided advantage to research in terms of conducting
suitable and appropriate research and fulfil overall aims. The primary reason behind taking
advantage of this research philosophy is that it helps in providing support to fulfil research in
practical and scientific way.

Research approach: There are mainly two forms of research approaches which are deductive and
inductive.With the help of taking advantage of these approaches investigator have opportunity to
fulfil research objectives in effective manner.In order to effectively fulfilled present research
aims and objective investigator with the help of deductive approach accomplished overall
objectives in effective manner (Jameel and Ahmad, 2019).It has been identified than the primary
reason behind taking advantage of deductive approach is that this is mainly based on having
better canning in testing of numeric information and facts which helps in accomplishing research
in more effective manner.
Research methods: This may be of various forms such as quantitative and qualitative.
Concentrating upon quantitative, which is a form of investigation that includes numerical
methods. While on other side, qualitative include subjective and statistical techniques. Both
quantitative as well as quantitative methods would be used within particular
investigation.Furthermore it has been identified that in order to fulfil aim of objective of present
research investigator undertake use of quantitative nature of research methods (Baptiste,
2019).The primary reason behind taking use of this method is that it helps in collecting
information in statistical and numerical way which is easy to collect and present.In addition to
this use of quantitative research method is justifiable present collected data and information in
interactive and systematic manner with the help of tables and charts. With the help of taking
advantage of present in collected information by taking assistance of charts and table investigator
fulfil research aims effectively.
Data collection: There are mainly two sources of data collection method which are primary and
secondary. With the help of taking advantage of these data collection method investigator
aimtowards accomplishing research in effective manner.In terms of present research investigator
with the help of taking use of primary research collected first hand and authentic set of
information and data directly from selected participants (Wong and Giessner, 2018).While in
terms with secondary data collection method investigator collected data and information with the
help of conducting in depth evaluation of first findings and research work.In addition to this
analysis of primary data is being done with the help of pie chart and frequency table while in