Relationship between leadership styles and organisational climate: a study of International Organisation for Migration in Accra, Ghana

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