THE IMPACT OF LEADERSHIP STYLE ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AT UNIVERSITIES IN MOGADISHU
The purpose of this study is to identify the impact of leadership style on employee performance. A sample size of 67 was used from one private organization in Mogadishu, Somalia is using a convenience sampling technique. The study used quantitative approaches, and a questionnaire was designed. A five point Likert scale questionnaire was used to determine the impact of leadership style on employee performance. SPSS software was used in analyzing the questionnaires. Demographic analysis, reliability test (Cronbach's Alpha) descriptive analysis and regression analysis were presented. Descriptive statistics show that the most significant value associated with employee performance is Democratic leadership style followed by laissez faire leadership style and autocratic Leadership style. Democratic leadership style has the highest mean value corresponding to 3.784 and standard deviation value of 0.8124, laissez faire leadership style scores the second highest mean value corresponding to 3.416 and standard deviation value of 0.5858, and autocratic leadership style have the lowest mean value corresponding to 3.404 and standard deviation value of 0.7330 indicating that the autocratic leadership style is poorly correlated with employee performance. Regression coefficient analysis shows that there is a significant and positive impact of democratic and laissez faire leadership styles on employee performance. Autocratic leadership style beta coefficient value is 0.168 with a significant value of 0.025 which is higher than 0.01, hence autocratic leadership is found to have a significant negative impact on employee performance