Abstract:
This study examined the relationships between transformational
leadership, transactional leadership, laissez-faire leadership and organizational
climate as perceived by workers of the International Organization for Migration
(IOM) in the Accra Office, Ghana. The Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire
(MLQ) 5x and the CFK Ltd. School Climate Profile were adopted, merged and
used to design a Leadership-Climate Questionnaire (LCQ) for the collection of
data. A census study was conducted, using all the forty-five (45) workers in the
Ghana Offices in Accra. Data analysis identified a statistically significant
positive relationship between transformational leadership and organizational
climate; a statistically significant positive relationship between transactional
leadership and organizational climate; and a statistically insignificant relationship
between laissez-faire leadership and organizational climate. The study
recommended that the research be replicated at other I.O.M. Offices in other
countries, so as to determine the types of leadership styles and organizational
climate that prevail in those regions; that a study be conducted to examine the
individual factors that make up transformational leadership, and their relationship
with organizational climate; and the relationship between each of the
organizational climatic factors and transformational, transactional and laissezfaire leadership be analyzed. A similar study should be conducted to investigate
the relationship between each of the general climate factors and transformational,
transactional and laissez-faire leadership based on gender
