THE EFFECT OF LEADERSHIP STYLE ONEMPLOYEESMOTIVATION [ IN CASE OF WOLKITE POLYTECHNICCOLLEGE]

Abstract

The research was conducted under the title of the effect of Leadership style on employee motivation in case of wolkite PolyTechnique College. The main objective of the study was toassess the effect of leadership style on employee’s motivation in the organization. The researcherused both primary and secondary data source. The primary data were collected throughonlyclosed ended questionnaire whereas secondary data was gathered from different reference books. The data which was taken from the employees of the organization were presented and analyzedthrough pie-chart, tabulation and percentage. The researcher used simple random sampling technique because in order to investigate the number of population in a simple way. The study relied on simple random sampling techniques in selecting in a total of 110 respondents for the study. It was reviled fromthe study that theleadership of the polyte chnique predominantly exhibited participative leadership characteristics. Major finding shows that the main source of leadership problem that affect employees motivation was lack of good leadership style.in addition Interestingly the study shows that 45.91% of the employees receive between 3000-4000 birr of monthly salary therefore, employees were dissatisfied. The research recommend that the management has given its due attention to the motivation situationanddiscusses openly what the reason behind them and to give the solution for those problem. In additiontopaying to attractive salary give other benefits like providing health safety training career development program and comfortable work environment. By giving those solution the wolkite polytechnic collegeraise the satisfaction level of employees.