A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE LEADERSHIP STYLE OF EXPATRIATE AND NIGERIAN MANAGERS (A CASE STUDY OF OIL COMPANIES IN NIGERIA)

📄 Project Abstract

The study investigated the practice of leadership style among expatriate and Nigerian managers comparatively from the oil sector in Nigeria. The sample size for this work was 199 respondents randomly selected. Questionnaires prepared in three sets were administered. The first set administered to all the selected respondents irrespective of their levels of education and management hierarchy. The second set was directed to managers at middle level, while the third set was administered to highly educated managers, so to say. There were three research questions and three hypotheses in this research work. Z-test and chi-square were the statistical tools used in analyzing the research questions and the hypotheses. The result showed that there is significant difference between the proportion of expatriate managers who practice autocratic leadership style and the proportion of Nigerian managers who practice autocratic leadership styles. It also showed that middle level-expatriate managers are ...