Leadership qualities of supervisor and employees job performance in Trincomalee district secretariat

Abstract

The study sought to investigate the effect of Leadership qualities practiced in anorganization and their effect on Employee job performance. The purpose of this studyis to understand the effect of different Leadership qualities on Employee jobperformance. The objectives that guided the study were; to investigate the effect ofleadership qualities affect Employee performance, Leadership quality is a positive,fulfilling, affective- motivational state of work-related wellbeing. Understanding pre dispositional characteristics and their relationship with employees’ performance is important because it contributes to theoretical basis of the construct. Hence organizations may be better off improving on their employees with certain Leadership Qualities if they want to create an engaged workforce. This research investigates the leadership qualities of supervisor and the employees’ job performance in District Secretariat in Trincomalee District. In this study, Leadership Qualities were used to measure various dimensions of Supervisor which are Leaders Commitment, Communication, Workforce Education, Effective Performance Appraisal, and Pay Equality. To attain the objectives, the quantitative method was used and data were collected through questionnaires. A total of 100 questionnaires were distributed to employees in District Secretariat in TrincomaleeDistrict.The result of this study demonstrates that there is a strong positive relationshipbetween Leadership Quality and Employees’ Performance has scored higher valuewith existing level in work.However, Openness to Experience is the factors that influence mostly on in DistrictSecretariat in Trincomalee District. In the light of the results, possible managerialimplications ‘are discussed and future research subjects are recommended. Thisresearch contributes to the growing literature on the in-District Secretariat inTrincomalee District. The data were analysed using Descriptive, correlation, SimpleLiner regressions. In conclusion, it is observed that Leadership Qualities haveinfluence on the employees’ Job Performance.This shows that supervisors need to develop good Leadership Qualities, abilities andpractices in attaining high Job performance level among the employees. Results ofthis study suggest that the Leadership Qualities are useful for examining theEmployees Job Performance.