Leadership Styles and Employee Performance: A Study of Hotels within the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abriem District of Ghana

Abstract

The thrust of this research was therefore to assess the effects of leadership styles on employee performance: a study of hotels within the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abriem District of Ghana. Primary data were gathered from 100 staff of the hotels within the district. Data was collected on employee performance and leadership styles (democratic, laisser-faire, and autocratic) which were considered to be the predictors of employee performance. The gathered data were investigated using Pearson correlation and simple linear regression analytic techniques. The Pearson correlation analysis showed a positive correlation between employee performance and democratic leadership style, employee performance and laisser-faire, and employee performance and autocratic leadership style. Further, results from simple linear regression revealed that leadership style predicts employee performance. The study found out that, autocratic leadership style had the highest positive influence to employee performance. The study therefore recommends that, employers within the district should employ the autocratic leadership styles within their hotels to ensure increased employee performances. The study concludes that the type of leadership style affects employees‘ performance within hotels within the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abriem District of Ghana.