LEADERSHIP STYLE AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AS PREDICTORS OF WORKERS' EFFECTIVENESS

Abstract

The study examined the influences of leadership style and organizational culture on workers' effectiveness using one hundred and twenty (120) participants’ drawn from two (2) organizations (1 public and 1 private) in Awka, the capital city of Anambra state, Nigeria. The responses derived from the participants were subjected to 2-way- ANOVA statistics. The results of the analysis revealed a significant main effect for leadership style, F (1,116) = 6.67 at P<.05 with (M = 80.85, SD = 55.52), which confirms hypothesis one. Also, a significant main effect exist for organizational culture, F (1.116) = 1790.00 at P<.05 with (M = 80.85, SD = 12.34), which confirms hypothesis two. The results have implications for managing modern work organizations.