THE ROLE OF LEADERSHIP STYEL TO ENHANCING EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE (IN CASE OF WOLKITE UNIVERSITY ACADAMIC STAFF)

Abstract

The research was conducted under the title of the role of Leadership style to enhancing employee performance in wolkite university academic staff. The main objective of the study was to assess the role of leadership style to enhancing employee performance. Lack of team work, low coworker relation, and less incentive and reward of employees were some of the problems. The study would be used multi-stage sampling technique. The study relied on multi-stage sampling techniques in selecting in a total of 256 employee would be taken as sample from the total population that account 759. The researcher used primary data source. The primary data collect through Questionnaire containing open and close-ended items. The data obtained through closed-ended the questionnaires were analyzed using frequency, percentages. The information obtained through open-ended questionnaires were organized to supplement the quantitative data. Findings from the data analysis revealed that democratic leadership style were better to employee performance. It was also noted that the role of leadership raising self-confidence of employees was found to be much more emphasized leadership role than the other roles of leaders. Furthermore, type of leadership style does Wolkite University follow the study revealed that Democratic type of leadership style. Less transparency in the organization, less promotion for employee referring to their position, lack of commitment, lack of motivational skills, lack of shared responsibility amongst instructors. Lack of team work, Traditional and rigid leadership structure of the university were the major problem in the organization. On the other hand, the study showed that Creating transparency among staff workers, through group discussion about different issues that exist in staff, by staff training concentrations to give valuation then, according to performance of employees give training in the country or abroad. Supervise by recording according to their performance, By bottom-top decision, participatory decision, work supervision, individual work plan and technical supports as required as it are Ensure mutual respect among instructors in the university, Ensure well- built relation amongst college deans department heads and instructors were the major recommendations forwarded in the stud