A STUDY ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEADERSHIP STYLES AND EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT

Abstract

Leadership has gained importance in every walk of life, from politics to business, and from education to social organizations. Leadership style is crucial for encouraging employee engagement. When employees decide to leave a company, they leave their managers, not the company. This brings the assumption that leadership practices have strong implications in the harbored intentions of employees to quit. ln the current recessive times, in which the war for talent is rife, organizations and researchers are increasingly taking interest in how not only to retain their talent, but also to optimize their leadership and engagement practices, Research on the circumstances that contribute to turnover behaviour have brought to light the impact of employee engagement and job characteristics on turnover behaviour, and suggest a strong link with leadership behaviour as a determining factor for the ideal-environment that mitigates turnover behaviour. This study explored the relationship between leadership style and employee engagement using 150 employees employed in various sectors in Coimbatore. The study concludes that the leadership styles influence the employee engagement and has a significant relationship with all the factors in Job engagement.