This study deals on leadership styles as the predictor of corporate goals attainments in selected manufacturing organisations in Abia State, Nigeria with special focus on two manufacturing organizations namely: Nigeria Breweries Plc, Aba and Star Paper Mill Ltd Aba. This study sought to establish the relationship between the leadership style and attainment of corporate goals, To identify the leadership style that is most appropriate to the manufacturing firms, To ascertain the various factors that influence the choice of leadership style in an oragnisation and to examine the extent to which the size of an organisation affect leadership behaviour. The research adopted survey design. The total staff population for the selected manufacturing organizations in Aba, Abia State is 165. These manufacturing organizations were selected from the 14,564 organizations in Abia state using purposive sampling technique. The sample size of 136 was determined using Taro Yamane’s formula. The sources of data for this study were primary and secondary. Cronbach Alpha was used in testing the validity and reliability of the test instrument and 0.88 was obtained showing a high degree of positive relationship. The data generated from the field survey were presented using percentages. The four hypotheses formulated in the study were tested using the following statistical tools; hypotheses 1, 2 and 4 were tested using Z-test and hypothesis 3 was tested using factor Analysis. The results drawn from the tested hypotheses revealed that leadership style has a significant impact on the attainment of corporate goals, That there is no leadership style that is most appropriate in all circumstances, However, the staff in the manufacturing industry tend to prefer participatory leadership to other forms of leadership approaches. There was a significant relationship between different circumstances and leadership style in a manufacturing concern and also the problems encountered by leaders affect the leadership styles adopted. It was therefore recommended that managers should be made to undergo high quality leadership training and development programmes regularly. Leaders should be encouraged to share knowledge acquired from these trainings and workshops. Leaders should stir the emotions and passion of their subordinates, set clear goals, have high expectations, provide support and recognition and get them to look beyond their self to reach for their personal and organizational goals.
| Project details | Contents |
|---|---|
| Number of Pages | 130 pages |
| Chapter one | Introduction |
| Chapter two | Literature review |
| Chapter three | methodology |
| Chapter four | Data analysis |
| Chapter five | Summary,discussion & recommendations |
| Reference | Reference |
| Questionnaire | Questionnaire |
| Appendix | Appendix |
| Chapter summary | 1 to 5 chapters |
| Available document | PDF and MS-word format |
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