The leadership style and its impact on the employees’ productivity: A review of the oil and gas sector with a focus on ADNOC

Abstract

This study investigates the effect of applying transformational leadership style to a company in order to enhance the employees’ motivation and productivity and also to make significant changes to their behaviors and attitudes towards the philosophy of working principles. This study mainly targets the oil and gas companies in the United Arab Emirates. This study provides a comprehensive literature review in the area of leadership styles and their impact on the performance of the employees. The specific case study of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) was taken into consideration in this paper. The leadership change impact was evaluated considering three different scenarios, and its effect on the overall performance was examined in detail.