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INVESTIGATING THE INFLUENCE OF LEADERSHIP STYLES ON EMPLOYEES COMMITMENT

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2017(II-I).04      10.31703/gesr.2017(II-I).04      Published : Dec 2017

Investigating the Influence of Leadership Styles on Employees Commitment

Abstract

    The leadership styles and employees’ commitment are widely research topic explored around the globe in different contexts. Keeping in view this trend, the current study also “examined the impact of leadership” styles and employee commitment by collecting data from employees hailing from PESCO, Pakistan. The survey approach for data collection has been used by collecting the data from the workforces working in Peshawar electricity supply company to walk around “influence of leadership style on the employees’ commitment”. The current study sent out 255 questionnaires to bring together data from workers of the PESCO. The outcomes show that the leadership style significantly and positively affect employees’ commitment. The study provided significant results about the relationships among the research variables. Some recommendations have been emerged from the results to the policy makers and “future researchers to focus on the leadership” styles to get the desired results and keep the employees more committed and dedicated towards the concerned organizations.

    Leadership Styles, Employees Commitment Job Stress & PESCO

    (1) Saeed Muhammad
    RO, Department of Business Administration, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Saqib Khan
    Lecturer, Department of Business Administration, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Aziz Javed
    Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan.
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    TURABIAN : Muhammad, Saeed, Muhammad Saqib Khan, and Aziz Javed. "Investigating the Influence of Leadership Styles on Employees Commitment." Global Educational Studies Review II, no. I (2017): 32-39. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2017(II-I).04