LEADERSHIP ORIENTATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE (A STUDY OF SELECTED HOSPITALITY FIRMS IN UYO)

Student: Aniekan Akpan Unang
Supervisor: Dr Ime Nseobot
HOD: Dr Ime Nseobot
Department of Business Administration and Management
School of Business and Management
AKWA-IBOM STATE POLYTECHNIC (IEI), IKOT-OSURUA, AKWA IBOM STATE

Abstract

This research was on Leadership Orientation and Organizational Performance (A Study Of Selected Hospitality Firms In Uyo). To accomplish the research objective, the study adopted the survey research design while the Taro Yamane Formula was used to determine one hundred and eighty nine (89) respondents as the sample size for the study. An instrument of the study was a self-developed questionnaire and the forms were personally administered. Research questions and Hypotheses were formulated to guide the study and data were analyzed using the simple percentages and chi-square (χ2) statistical tool. The study revealed that there is a significant effect of leaders’ purpose on organizational performance; that there is a significant effect of leaders’ entrepreneurial spirit on organizational performance; that there is a significant effect of leaders’ responsibility on organizational performance and that there is a significant effect of leaders’ effectiveness on organizational performance. It was recommended that Leaders with credible characters should be encouraged to manage organization; leaders with the fear of God should be allowed to manage business organization and sensitivity to workers demand should be a priority of a leader in an organization.

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