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

ABSTRACT The study assessed the effect of leadership styles on local government employee erformance in selected sub-counties in Bushenyi district and was based on four specific objectives: (i) to determine the demographic profile of the respondents in terms f gender, age, marital status, educational level, kind of employment and working experience; (ii) to determine the level of leadership styles, (iii) to determine the level of ocal government employee performance, (iv) to establish whether there is a significant -elationship between leadership styles and local government employee performance in selected sub counties Bushenyi district. It employed a descriptive correlation survey iesign, Used SAQ to collect data from 157 out of 259 employees, using simple random sampling. Data analysis was done using SPSS’s frequencies and percentages; means 3nd PLCC. The findings showed that majority of the respondents were male, and were narried in the age bracket of 20 — 39 years, certificate holders dominated the study, :he youth dominated the category of respondents and experience in the organization ~as between below 3 years. Both the level of leadership styles and employee Derformance was high. PLCC revealed positive and significant relationship between eadership styles and employee performance. The researcher recommended that if local government employee performance is to improve; (a) Leaders should ensure that there s Proper Corporation among all the workers whenever problems arise, (b) the districts should put change agents to minimize social cost of living in the organization, (c) to guarantee employees’ welfare, employee should be given fringe benefits to subsidize income, (d) Sub counties should provide appropriate and suitable work methods and materials to improve workers’ effectively (e) staff should be trained to acquire different skills and knowledge to exhibit high level of creativity in duties. Basing on path goal theory of leadership by Robert House (1971) that guided the study, it was proved that effective leaders influence employee performance by clarifying the path to their followers to attain the goals.

TABLE OF CONTENT

Dhapter Page

)NE: 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

ScopeoftheStudy 6

Significance &the Study 7

Operational Definitions of key Terms 8

PAlO: 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

OUR: 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

WE: 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