scholarly journals LEADERSHIP STYLE AND EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIAN OIL AND GAS SECTOR

Author(s):  
Segun Oluwaseun OLABODE ◽  
Akeem Abayomi BAKARE ◽  
Wowo IHEONUNEKWU

This study examined the relationship between transactional and transformational leadership styles and employee performance in the Nigerian oil and gas sector using Lubcon Oil and Orientry Ltd as study area. Survey design was adopted:, a sample size of 100 was used representing the total population of the study, convenient sampling used to select the study firms while stratified sampling was used to samples from all departments in the firms. Copies of questionnaire were administered to members of staff of Lubcon oil using purposive sampling. The data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics and correlation analysis. The analysis has shown that each of charisma, inspirational motivation and intellectual stimulation/individual consideration traits of transformational leadership style exerts positive and significant effect on both commitment and attitude of followers in the firm that adopts it most of the time, and a negative but insignificant effect on the commitment and also a positive but insignificant effect on their attitude in the firm that adopts it less of the time. On the other hand, each trait of transactional leadership style considered in this study, constructive/contingent reward and corrective and management by exception has strong positive and significant positive effect on attitude of employees, and a weak positive and insignificant effect of their commitment in the firm that adopts it most of the time, it also exerts weak positive but insignificant effect on both commitment and attitude of followers in the firm that adopts it little of the time. The study concludes that transformational leadership style is more appropriate in inducing employee performance in oil and gas firms than transactional leadership style. Consequently, the study recommends that oil and gas firms should adopt transformational leadership style but strategize to migrate to transactional leadership style during crisis and emergency situations.

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (29) ◽  
pp. 58-69
Author(s):  
Fahad Alharbi ◽  
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Abdoulrahman Aljounaidi ◽  

This paper aims to investigate the relationship between independent and dependent variables. First relation between transformational leadership and employee performance. The second relation discuss in this paper between transactional leadership and employee performance. Researcher dependent on previous studies to conduct this research. Based on the previous studies reviewed and discussed, the results showed that the transformational leadership style has weak positive role effect on the employee performance inside organisations that they work in. However, the result of previous studies on the transactional leadership style refers to the strong positive role on employee performance in organisations that they work in. Leaders have to enhance the role of transactional leadership styles in organisations that they manage them, to improve and develop the relationship between them and their subordinates in to increase the performance of their employee. Leaders should not follow the transformational leadership style because the results of previous studies are refer to a weak positive role on employee performance , and need more studies on transformational leadership to prove the role of it in different cultures and organisations. For further research in this scope, researcher recommended to conduct research in different cultures or organisations to determine leadership style has strong positive role on employee performance beside transactional leadership.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rian Rional ◽  
Maria Magdalena

In the problem of employee work performance in the West Sumatra industrial and trade department. In the company a productivity that does not support work productivity. the number of employees who do not understand the work done, employees are also not responsible for a job. because of the large amount of work done by employees given by superiors. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of transformational leadership style and transactional leadership style on the employee performance of HR Division employees at the Department of Public Works of West Sumatra Spatial Planning. This type of research is quantitative. The population of this study were employees of the Human Resources Division of the Department of Public Works, West Sumatra Spatial Planning with 81 samples. Data is processed using multiple linear regression using a questionnaire. The results showed that transformational leadership style had a positive and significant effect on employee performance with a value of t arithmetic 2,281 > t table 1,990, and sig value 0,001 < 0.05 and transactional leadership style had a positive and significant effect on employee performance decisions with 3,066 t count,> t table 1.990, and sig value 0.003 < 0.05 and suggestions for further researchers to be able to use this research as a reference which will later provide a comparison in conducting further research.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 44-51
Author(s):  
Mashudi Mashudi ◽  
Luluk Fauziah ◽  
Tika Kapita Fachrista

Departing from the phenomenon in the form of employee performance and job satisfaction is still low, even though transformational and transactional leadership have been running as it should be, this study aims to determine the effect of transformational leadership style and transactional leadership style on employee performance with job satisfaction as an intervening variable in the Bank "XXX ". This study uses a quantitative approach with explanatory and survey research formats. Data collection used a questionnaire to 126 respondents which were determined by simple random sampling. The data were processed using path analysis techniques assisted by the International Business Machine (IBM) Predictive Analytic Software (PASW) version 22 software. The results of this study are transformational and transactional leadership styles have a significant effect on job satisfaction and employee performance. Job satisfaction has a significant effect on employee performance. Transformational leadership style has a significant effect on employee performance through employee job satisfaction. Transactional leadership style has a significant effect on employee performance through employee job satisfaction.


2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Arsad Rahawarin

This study aims to determine and analyze (1) the significance of the influence of transformational and transactional leadership styles on employee work performance and (2) the most dominant variable influencing employee performance. This research was conducted at the Office of Agriculture in South Buru Regency. The population of this study consisted of all Civil Servants (PNS) at the South Buru District Agricultural Service, namely 135 people. Sampling using the exhausting sampling method or saturated sampling. Data were analyzed by multiple linear regression. The results showed that (1) the leadership style was more dominant in the transformational leadership style, where the most influential indicator was the indicator of the idealized influence dimension, namely the leadership prioritizing the needs of subordinates, (2) based on the calculation of the average of all indicators on work performance variables, indicating a tendency positive which shows that all employees always strive to improve performance in a better direction, (3) the variable transformational leadership style and transactional leadership style have a significant influence on employee performance, (4) transformational leadership style is the most dominant variable influencing achievement employee work. Keywords: transformational leadership; transaction leadership; employee work performance


2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 279
Author(s):  
Jublina Oktora ◽  
Mohammad Rizan ◽  
Sihol Situngkir

In this study, the objective is to conduct a systematic examination Effect of Transactional and Transformational Leadership Style, Motivation and Competence to Employee Performance PT. Sanjayatama Lestari. The samples used were employees of PT. Sanjayatama Lestari the number of respondents as many as 95 people. The analysis used is multiple linear regression. This study examined five variables: Transactional Leadership Style (X1), Transformational Leadership Style (X2), motivation (X3) and Competence (X4) as the independent variable and the performance (Y) as the dependent variable. Partial test shows that the transactional leadership style influenced by 3.876 (positive and significant) on the performance. Transformational leadership style also influenced significantly by 3.128. Furthermore, the motivation also has a significant influence amounted to 4.210 and the latter is the competence of significant influence amounted to 6.283.   Keywords: transactional leadership style, transformational leadership style, motivation, competence, performance and multiple linear regression.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rahmad Kadra ◽  
Febsri Susanti

In the problem of employee work performance in the West Sumatra industrial and trade department. In the company a productivity that does not support work productivity. the number of employees who do not understand the work done, employees are also not responsible for a job. because of the large amount of work done by employees given by superiors. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of transformational leadership style and transactional leadership style on the employee performance of HR Division employees at the Department of Public Works of West Sumatra Spatial Planning. This type of research is quantitative. The population of this study were employees of the Human Resources Division of the Department of Public Works, West Sumatra Spatial Planning with 81 samples. Data is processed using multiple linear regression using a questionnaire. The results showed that transformational leadership style had a positive and significant effect on employee performance with a value of t arithmetic 2,281> t table 1,990, and sig value 0,001 <0.05 and transactional leadership style had a positive and significant effect on employee performance decisions with 3,066 t count,> t table 1.990, and sig value 0.003 <0.05 and suggestions for further researchers to be able to use this research as a reference which will later provide a comparison in conducting further research


2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Gusti Noorlitaria Achmad ◽  
Fitriansyah Fitriansyah

This study aims to find out: 1) The Effect of Transformational Leadership Style on Employee Performance of oil processing companies in Balikpapan; 2) Effect of Transactional Leadership Style on Employee Performance of oil processing companies in Balikpapan; 3) Transformational Leadership Style on Quality of Work Life of oil processing companies in Balikpapan; 4) Effect of Transactional Leadership Style on Quality of Work Life of oil processing companies in Balikpapan. This research is a quantitative descriptive study with a total sample of 80 respondent nurses' employees. Data collection techniques using questionnaires and purposive sampling methods. Data analysis techniques in this study used Simple Linear Regression. The results showed the Transformational Leadership Style affects the Employee Performance of oil processing companies in Balikpapan(H1); the Transactional Leadership Style affects the Performance of Employees of oil processing companies in Balikpapan(H2). From these results, it can be concluded that all indicators have a positive and significant effect.


2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Herman Ahmadi

The aim this study is to analyze the effect of leadership style (transformational and transactional) on employee behavior (in-role and extra-role), which mediated a political organization. The sample is 120 employees of Bank BRI in Madiun, a random sampling technique based on stem number of employees. Data analysis using SEM with LISREL program. The results of this study indicate that 1) Transformational leadership style has positive influence on behavior in the role of employees, 2) Transformational leadership style has no effect on extra-role behavior (Organizational citizenship behavior, OCB), 3) Transactional leadership style did not affect employees' behavior in role , 4) Transactional leadership style has positive influence on OCB behaviors (extra-role) of employees, 5) Transformational leadership style has positive influence on employees 'political organization, 6) Transactional leadership style has positive influence on employees' political organization, 7) Political organization negatively affect the behavior in the role of employees, 8) Political organization negatively affect the behavior of OCB (extra-role) of employees, 9) Political organization to mediate the influence of transformational leadership behaviors in the role of employees, 10 Political organizations mediate the influence of transformational leadership on OCB behavior (extra-role) employees, 11) Political organization to mediate the effect of transactional leadership role behavior in employees, and 12) Political organization to mediate the influence of transformational leadership on OCB behaviors (extra-role) of employees at Bank BRI in Madiun.Keywords: Transformational leadership style, Transactional Leadership Style, Political Organization, in-role behavior, extra-role behavior, and OCB


2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Km. Anshu ◽  
Pushpendra Rao Upadhyay

Leadership style is known to be an important perquisite for establishing commitment in different organizations. The intention of this paper is to propose a conceptualization of relationship between leadership style and organizational commitment. This proposed relationship is driven by general research question, do specific psychological construct teachers organizational commitment relate to the transformational leadership style and transactional leadership style of principal. In order to fulfill the objective of study, multifactor leadership style questionnaire (MLQ-5X Short) developed by Bass and Avolio and Indian adaptation by Dr. Surendra nath Dubey and teacher’s organizational commitment inventory (TCI-GN) constructed by Noorjahan N. ganihar was utilize to collect the data from randomly chosen sample of 240 teachers from the various higher secondary schools situated at western geographical part of Uttar-Pradesh. The collected data was subjected to reliability test and multiple regression analysis using SPSS version 21.0. The research found that the principals’ participated in the study was higher on transformational leadership style comparative to transactional leadership style. The results also suggests that teachers who are working under the principals possessing either transformational or transactional leadership style tend to rate themselves as committed to organization. However, teachers’ working under transformational principal rate themselves as higher satisfied with job comparative to principals possessing transactional leadership style.


2012 ◽  
Vol 01 (07) ◽  
pp. 100-111
Author(s):  
Obiwuru Timothy C. ◽  
Okwu, Andy T. ◽  
Akpa, Victoria O. ◽  
Nwankwere, Idowu A.

This study has investigated the effects of leadership style on organizational performance in small scale enterprises. The major objective was to determine effect of leadership styles on performance in small scale enterprises. Transformational and transactional leadership styles were considered in this study. Transformational leadership behaviours and performance/outcome considered relevant in the study were charisma, inspirational motivation and intellectual stimulation/individual consideration; and effectiveness, extra effort and satisfaction, respectively. Transactional leadership bahaviours and performance/outcome variables were constructive/contingent reward and corrective/management by exception; and effort, productivity and loyalty/commitment, respectively. The study followed a survey design, and employed evaluative quantitative analysis method. Analysis was based on primary data generated through a structured Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) administered on respondents. Responses to research statements were scaled and converted to quantitative data via code manual developed for the study to enable segmentation of the data responses into dependent and independent variables based on leadership behaviours and associated performance variables. OLS multiple regression models were specified, estimated and evaluated. The result showed that while transactional leadership style had significant positive effect on performance, transformational leadership style had positive but insignificant effect on performance. The study concluded that transactional leadership style was more appropriate in inducing performance in small scale enterprises than transformational leadership style and, therefore, recommended transactional leadership style for the small enterprises with inbuilt strategies for transition to transformational leadership style as the enterprises developed, grew and matured.


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