THE EFFECT OF DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP ON EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION IN UNITED BANK OF AFRICA, LAGOS, NIGERIA
Abstract
Employees are the greatest asset owned by any organisation especially when they are motivated ones. Critical to employee motivation is the kind that exists between the employees and employers. However, some employers do not really boarder about relating with their employees for reason of superiority or the likes leading to little or no commitment by the employees. The study evaluated the effect of democratic leadership on employee motivation in United Bank of Africa, Lagos State Nigeria.
Survey research design was adopted for this study. Taro Yamane method was employed for the extraction of 110 sample size of which 105 was correctly filled and returned and was used for the study. A structured questionnaire was adapted and validated. The Cronbach’s Alpha reliability coefficient for the constructs ranged from 0.763 to 0.967 and composite reliability values ranging from 0.883 to 0.976. The response rate of 95.45% was achieved for this study. Data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics.
Findings revealed that Democratic Leadership variables had a significant combined effect on employee motivation in United Bank of Nigeria Lagos State, Nigeria. Participative Decision Making had a significant effect on employee motivation (β = 0.341, t = 45.197, r =
0.652,p
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