Effects of Leadership Styles on Organizational Performance in Kaliti Metal Products Factory

This study investigated the main effects of leadership styles on organizational performance at Kaliti metal products factory (KMPF). It specifically sought to determine the effects of laissez-faire, Democratic, Autocratic, and Charismatic leadership styles on Financial and non-Financial Organizational performance. A descriptive survey research based on the perceptions of all employees below top level managements in KMPF was undertaken. Explanatory research design was employed. Total participants in the research were 153; a structured self-completed research questionnaire was thereafter distributed and collected with interview question and focus group discussion was used. The researchers used both probability and non-probability sampling technique to collect the required data. The finding revealed that there is the significant and positive relationship between leadership style and organizational performance. Autocratic leadership styles, Democratic leadership styles, and Charismatic leadership styles has a positive relation with organizational financial and non-financial performances while laissez-fair leadership styles has a negative relation with organizational performance. In order to be more profitable organization it is better to exercise at most democratic leadership styles and for the sake of overall efficiency and employee motivation the leaders of KMPF have to work hard.