%A Aishath Reeshan
%I Griffith College
%T Impact of Leadership Styles on Employee Performance: A study on Male’ Water and Sewerage Company (MWSC) in Maldives.
%L go363
%X This study investigates the impact of leadership styles on employee performance in Male’ Water and Sewerage Company (MWSC) in Maldives. The research study used 
quantitative approach with multiple linear regression analysis to determine the predicted variance of leadership styles on the performance of employees. The sample size consisted 175 employees from MWSC through convenience sampling technique. The study used 
Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ), participative leadership and employee performance scale. SPSS software was used to conduct demographic analysis, normality, 
descriptive statistics, correlation and regression analysis. The findings of this study show, transformational leadership style has a positive and significant impact on employee performance. However, transactional, participative and laissez-faire leadership style had insignificant impact on employee performance. Thus, it is suggested that the company should adopt and practice transformational leadership style which will enhance employee performance more. The findings of this study will help managers to understand the roles 
of leadership styles better and their impact on employee performance as well as which particular leadership style to be adopted in order to achieve higher employee performance.
%K Transformational Leadership, Transactional Leadership, Laissez Faire Leadership, participative leadership, employee performance.
%D 2020