Impact of Leadership Styles on Business Productivity in Nigeria

The study examined “Impact of Leadership Styles on Business Productivity in Nigeria”. Leadership are faced with the challenge of competitive advantage, the need to foster ethical behavior, and the need to manage a diverse workforce fairly and equitably. The objectives of the study are to: find out the effect of leadership on the overall performance of employees’ in a business; evaluate the relationship that exists between the leaders and their subordinates; measure the performance assessment process of a business and examine the influence of effective leadership on business turnover. The research design was the survey design. The research used primary sources of data in the course of study. The data were collected via the use of questionnaire. The sampling procedure used for this research work was a convenience sampling method. The sample size consists of one hundred and twenty (120) employees of Obajana Cement Factory, Kogi, from different departments. Frequency tables was use to analyze the data while the hypotheses were tested Chi-Square Statistic with the aids of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). The findings showed that that leadership style or pattern impacts on the performance of workers in a business. The study recommended that preference of participative leadership style by workers should be enhanced when they are allowed to participate in decision making process in the business. The study concluded that leadership effectiveness brings out increase in workers’ performance, effective and efficient utilization of manpower resources and consequently improved business performance, and as such, should continue to remain the central objectives and goals of the business.