Leadership Styles and Employee Performance in Selected Sub-Counties, Bushenyi District Uganda

TABLE OF CONTENT

Chapter Page

ONE: THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE 1

Background of the Study 1

Statement of the Problem 3

Purpose of the Study 4

Research ObjectIves 4

Research QuestIons 5

Hypothesis 6

Scope of the Study 6

Significance &the Study 7

Operational Definitions of key Terms 8

TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 10

Concepts, Opinions, Ideas from author/expert 10

Theoretical PerspectIve 19

Related studIes 20

THREE: METHODOLOGY 24

Research Design 24

Research Population 24

Sample Size 24

Sampling Procedure 25

Research Instrument 25

Validity and Reliability of the Instrument 26

Data Gathering Procedures 26

Data Analysis 27

Ethical Considerations 28

Umltation & the Study 29

FOUR: DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION 30

Profile of the respondents 30

Description of the level of leadership styles 33

Description &the level of local government employee performance 36

Relationship between ieadershlp styies and employee performance 39

FIVE: FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 42

Summary of the findings 42

Conclusions 43

Recommendations 44

teferences 46

kppendices

Appendix I: Introductory letter 48

Appendix II: Informed consent 49

Appendix III: Research instrument 50

Appendix IV: Validity and reliability 56

Researcher’s Curriculum Vitae 60