LEADERSHIP STYLES OF OWNER-MANAGERS AND EMPLOYEES’ PERFORMANCE: THE MODERATING ROLE OF AGE AND EXPERIENCE

Aborampah Amoah-Mensah () and Patrick Darkwa ()
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Aborampah Amoah-Mensah: University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
Patrick Darkwa: University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

Romanian Economic Business Review, 2018, vol. 13, issue 3, 34-60

Abstract: Drawing on the contingency theory, we investigated the relationship between the leadership style of owner-managers of small sawmills in the Sokoban Wood Village in Kumasi, Ghana. Based on 315 employees from 63 sawmills, we proposed that leadership styles of owner-managers influence employees’ performance. We also hypothesized that the age and experience of ownermanagers moderate the relationship between leadership styles of owner-managers and employees’performance. Using simple linear multiple and moderated multiple regressions to test the hypotheses, we found that autocratic, charismatic, transformational and visionary leadership styles of owner-managers influence employees’ performance. Age and experience of owner-managers, however, did not moderate the relationship between leadership styles of owner-managers and employees’ performance.

Keywords: Leadership styles; employees’ performance; owner-managers; SMEs; Sawmills (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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