EFFECT OF LEADERSHIP STYLES ON EMPLOYEES COMMITMENT IN HEALTH INSTITUTION OF ZAMFARA STATE-NIGERIA

Abstract

Managerial leadership style may influence employees commitment, loyalty and performance.
Thus, a plethora of empirical research on the effects of leadership behaviour on employee
commitment abounds but skewed in favour of the private sector with little evidence on from the
public sector. This study, therefore. investigates the effect of leadership styles on employees
commitment in Zamfara State Health Institutions. The cross-sectional survey research design was
employed to gather primary data from a sample of 292 employees of Zamfara State Health
Institutions with the aid of a questionnaire instrument. The study employed simple random
sampling technique in selecting the samples and the unit of analysis was the employees. PLS SEM
was used to analyze the data collected from the field. The findings revealed that each of
democratic, transactional and transformational leadership styles has significant positive
relationship with employee commitment. The outcome of the study provides an important insight
to both academics and managers with findings for further understanding on the effect of leadership
styles on employees commitment. The study recommended that to improve employee commitment,
the management of the hospitals needs to adopt democratic, transformational and transactional
leadership styles.