Leadership Styles and Personality Traits as Predictors of Job Embeddedness among Employees of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, Nigeria

Abstract

The incessant change in ownership status of what was formerly known as National Electrical Power Authority (NEPA) and owned by government, but now being controlled by private company has given rise to the need for examining work attitude of employee who were retained in the service. The study, therefore, examined the extent to which leadership styles and personality traits independently and jointly predict job embeddedness of employees. This was with a view to determining factors that could predict job embeddedness among employees of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company. Primary data were used in this study. Data were collected from employees in four purposively selected regional offices. A multi-stage sampling technique was used in the study. Four regional offices of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company in Oyo, Ogun, Osun and Kwara States were purposively selected for the study. A proportionate stratified sampling technique was used to select respondents, which consisted of 261 participants (167 males and 94 females), using the classification of regional offices as the basis for stratification. The age of the participants ranged between 30 to 50 years, with the mean age of 43.27 years and standard deviation of 7.71. Three standardized psychological scales comprised of Leadership Style Scale (LSS), Big Five Personality Inventory (B-5PI) and Job Embeddedness Scale (JES) were used for data collection. Data collected were subjected to simple linear and multiple regression analyses. Results showed that both leadership styles and personality factor significantly and independently predicted job embeddedness among employees of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (R2= 0.24.9; p