Leadership Styles and Employee Motivation among Non-Academic Staff in SMS College, ABUAD

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume V, Issue XI, November 2021 | ISSN 2454–6186

Leadership Styles and Employee Motivation among Non-Academic Staff in SMS College, ABUAD

Kelvin N. Agbakwuru, Babatunde T. Fanisi
PhD Student, Human Resource Management, Afe-Babalola University Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria

Abstract: This research seeks to empirically investigate the effect of leadership styles on employee motivation among non-academic staff in the College of Social Management Sciences in Afe Babalola University (ABUAD). Its specific objectives are to determine the relationship between: (i) transformational leadership style and employee motivation and; (ii) transactional leadership style and employee motivation. The study used a cross-sectional descriptive research design and data was collected using a close-ended questionnaire. Census sampling technique was adopted while simple linear regression and Karl Pearson’s correlation methods were used. Findings show that leadership styles have an insignificant effect on employee motivation. It also shows that a strong positive relationship exists between transformational leadership style and employee motivation and a weak positive relationship exists between transactional leadership style and employee motivation. The implication of this is that superiors in the College should adopt more of the transformational leadership style.

I. INTRODUCTION

Leadership is a significant driver of success in an organisation. Any organisation which is void of true leadership may be heading towards doom. The ability to influence employees to achieve organisational goals is a quality that must be present in an organisation if it seeks to succeed. And a leader is someone who does that. Jago (1982) has identified a leader as a person that influences the activities of group members to meet predetermined goals. According to Kemal (2015), a leader is someone that is a leader and a leader of a group, organization and institution and has a commanding influence or authority. According to Kemal (2015), a leader is someone who leads and has a commanding influence or authority and describes leadership as a position of a leader of a group, organisation or institution. He further established leadership to mean an acronym for “Listen-Enthusiasm-Aspiring-Decisive-Empower/Encourage-Responsible-Supportive-Humble-Inspire with Integrity-Plan”. This description of leadership encompasses the major aspects of what leadership truly is about. And any organisation which is seen to possess these qualities, ceteris paribus, must succeed.

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