Worker Productivity, Leadership Style Relationship

Abstract

The study investigated the work performance and the leadership styles of the workers in the Chittoor Sugar factory located at the Chittoor town of South India in order to know the correlation between the work performance and the leadership style of the workers. The study mainly concentrated on the three interesting leadership styles that are at the top, bottom and the middle of the leadership authority hierarchy, namely the autocratic, democratic and the laissez-faire leadership styles. Upon study it has been found that the more productive workers are indeed inclined towards the autocratic leadership style, the least productive workers have more of the laissez-faire leadership styles and the medium productive workers are more inclined toward the democratic style.