Abstract

This study examines the Effects of Entrepreneurial and Managerial Leadership Styles on Employee Productivity of Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) in Nigeria, for the period of 2005 – 2014. The leadership styles considered for the study were entrepreneurial and managerial leadership style. A non-financial variable of employee productivity was selected as the performance variable. There was also an attempt to study the organisational factors/variables (demographics, decision making style, external and internal factors) that influence the leadership style to be adopted by managers/supervisors of DMBs. The Multiple regression and correlation analysis were adopted to derive the relationship between the two variables. While relevant data was gathered with an aid of a structured questionnaire adopted from the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) and Entrepreneurial Orientation Questionnaire. The findings of this study indicate a significant positive relationship between leadership style and employee productivity; In particular, entrepreneurial leadership has a more significant correlation than managerial leadership style on employee productivity.