The leadership styles dilemma in the business world

Interplay of Leadership Styles, Employees' Performance and Organizational Life Cycle

“…Too many styles of leadership found in the relevant literature confuse the business leaders to make a choice about which style to adopt and which style not to adopt. This problem is fixed by Hussain et al, (2016) who integrated similar leadership styles into four integrated leadership styles. Taking the lead from the same study, we have decided to focus on only four leadership styles which are basic and most commonly practised styles in the business environments and frequently discussed in the leadership literature.…”

“…The present research is considering four major styles of leadership that are most frequently practised and discussed in leadership literature, namely, Authoritative, Democratic, Transformational and Transactional styles of leadership. This selection of leadership styles is according to the lead given in the recent paper, which suggested a new typology of leadership effectiveness (Hussain, et al, 2016). As posited by Hussain et al, (2016), many leadership styles discussed in relevant literature are greatly overlapping.…”

“…This selection of leadership styles is according to the lead given in the recent paper, which suggested a new typology of leadership effectiveness (Hussain, et al, 2016). As posited by Hussain et al, (2016), many leadership styles discussed in relevant literature are greatly overlapping. The study suggests that we may restrict the list of leadership styles to only four basic leadership styles that may replace all the significant leadership styles mentioned in the literature.…”

“…The study suggests that we may restrict the list of leadership styles to only four basic leadership styles that may replace all the significant leadership styles mentioned in the literature. The leadership styles model suggested by Hussain, et al, (2016) showing the four basic styles is given below. In the case of this study, the only exception to this model is the transactional style which is more commonly practised and discussed style as compared to pacesetting style.…”

“…In the case of this study, the only exception to this model is the transactional style which is more commonly practised and discussed style as compared to pacesetting style. Hussain, et al, (2016) also studied the impact of the four basic styles upon employees' performance, but they did not consider the situational variables. We feel that the research should be taken a step forward and study situational variables of the newly developed model.…”