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Abstract

Abstract

The study aimed at investigating the impact of leadership style on individual academic staff performance in Yobe state tertiary institutions.  A positivist philosophical approach which believes in the testing of hypothesis was employed. Three tertiary institutions were selected and a quantitative survey research using questionnaire was conducted on 280 academic staff of the tertiary institutions.  Data collected were analyzed using descriptive and simple percentage statistical measure. The tests are guided by the decision rule that hypotheses will be accepted or rejected where the highest responded with the highest percentage is considered.  The findings revealed that there is positive relationship between visionary leadership style, autocratic leadership style democratic leadership style and individual academic staff performance while the relationship between laissez-faire leadership style and academic staff performance shows negative result. The finding further reveals that in order of the most impactful, the autocratic leadership style came first with72.8% followed by democratic leadership style with 61.4%.  The research concluded that individual academic staff react to different leadership styles in different ways as they execute their responsibility. It was therefore, recommended that each of the tertiary institutions should identify which leadership style(s) work better for them and apply it for effective achievement of the organizational goals. Since laissez-faire leadership style have negative relationship with the individual academic staff performance, it should not be implied.

Keywords: Leadership style, visionary, autocratic, laissez-faire, democratic, individual academic staff performance. Yobe State, tertiary institutions.