An empirical Evidence on the Relationship between Leadership Styles and Organizational Performance

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between leadership styles and Gomal University performance. The main objective of the research was to examine what type (s) of leadership style (s) directed to enhance organizational performance in the University. Leadership styles (Transactional and Transformational) and organizational performance (Effectiveness, Efficiency, Responsiveness, and innovation) are interwoven with each other in such a way that change in leadership styles has direct effects on the organizational performance. The population of this study was the students of four Faculties (Arts, Science, Agriculture and Pharmacy) of Gomal University, who are currently studying in different departments. In this research, the researcher has used the stratified simple random sampling technique for the selection of samples. The research concluded that there was a connection between leadership styles and organizational performance. Transformational Leadership has significant positive effect on Organizational Performance as compared to the transactional leadership.