Abstract:
The purpose of this study is to find out the impact of
different leadership styles on the performance of subordinates
and to find out that, whether changing the leadership styles
according to the demands of the circumstances results in
better subordinate’s performance or not. There are total four
variables in this study, in which three variables are
independent and only one variable is dependent. The
independent variables of the studycomprise Transformation
leadership style, Transactional leadership style and Laissezfaire
leadership style. The only dependent variable in the
study is Subordinate’s performance. In this study we have
tried to find out the relationship of these three leadership
styles with subordinate’s performance. We have also focused on
finding out answer of the question which is, whether changing
the leadership styles according to the demands of the
circumstances results in higher subordinate’s performance or
not. The instrument we have used for this study is
questionnaire and population of the study includes the project
management organizations of Islamabad. The sample size
consists of 120 respondents, which are from the selected
projects. The results of this study revealed that in the
project management industry transactional leadership style is
more effective than transformational leadership style because
transactional leaders are task oriented, which is the
requirement of project management industry. Laissez-faire
leadership style is most ineffective leadership style, which
results in dissatisfaction, unproductiveness and
ineffectiveness. The study also showed that, it is better for
a leader to adopt different leadership styles according to the
demands of the circumstances and subordinates.
