Management Style and Subordinate Performance in Manufacturing Companies in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Authors

  • Ukpong Uwem Johnson Akwa Ibom State University
  • Okparaji, Philips Wuwu Gomba Faculty of Law, Rivers State University.
  • Nwala, Innocent Kelechi Department of Management, Faculty of Management Sciences, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt

Keywords:

Management Styles, Subordinate Performance, Leadership Styles, Employee Productivity

Abstract

The study seeks to establish an empirical relationship between management styles and subordinate performance in manufacturing companies in Port Harcourt. The cross-sectional survey design was used for the research, the population of the study includes 46 employees of two studied manufacturing companies with a sample size of 46 the sampling random method was adopted to distribute the questionnaire. Forty-six (46) copies of questionnaire were distributed out of which forty six (46) were retrieved. The Chi-square (?2) and the Spearman Rank Correlation Coefficient Statistical tools were used at a significance level of 0.05 for the measurement of the data. Based on hypotheses tested, the findings revealed; there is a significant relationship between a manager’s style of leadership and subordinate’s performance. There is no relationship between the nature of job and leadership styles chosen by a manager and that, situational factors affect the style of leadership that manager’s adopt. The study concludes that management is a social influencing process for the attainment of goals but in organizations managers do not exist in isolation rather they do within the larger group with subordinates. They are both collaborative in achieving organizational goals. Participative management style should be adopted by the manufacturing companies to ensure optimal performance of their workers. Leaders should vary leadership styles not relying on a particular style. A leader should be aware of subordinate motivational factors such as their needs, aspirations, interests and expectations.

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Published

2019-05-16

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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2019): Journal of Advanced Research in Business Law and Technology Management

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