The Managers’ Autocratic Leadership Style and Performance of Employees in Commercial Banks

Abstract

This study's primary goal is to look into the relationship between autocratic, leadership style and employees’ performance in commercial banks in the Eastern Province. 250 workers from 559 commercial banks in the Eastern Province replied for this study. Additionally, the researcher designs the sample using a simple random sampling procedure. Five Point Likert structured questionnaire was used as the data gathering tool. The performance of the employees was taken as the dependent variable and the autocratic leadership style was considered as independent variable. Univariate and correlation analysis were also performed on the obtained data using the SPSS version 23 software. The results indicated that, there is medium positive correlation between autocratic leadership style and employee performance.