my thesis abstract

ABSTRACT

CERVALES, MA. ANITA P.  College of Governance, Business and Economics, University of Southeastern Philippines, Obrero Campus, Davao City, Philippines, October 2011,  “LEADERSHIP STYLES OF MANAGERS AND PERFORMANCE OF EMPLOYEES OF DMMA COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES, DAVAO CITY”.

Adviser:  Velouna R. Perez

          This study aimed to determine the leadership styles of the managers and performance of the employees of DMMA College of Southern Philippines.

          What are the leadership styles ascribed by the managers of the college?  What is the level of performance effectiveness of the employees?  Is there a significant difference in the performance effectiveness of the teaching and the non-teaching staff?  Is there a significant relationship between the leadership styles of the managers and the performance effectiveness of the employees? Do the leadership styles of the managers influence the performance effectiveness of the employees?  These are the questions that the researcher wanted to find out in this study. 

Survey questionnaires were administered to 134 employees of the college of whom 91 are teaching staff and 43 are non-teaching staff.  

The researcher made use of Frequencies and Percentages in determining the demographic profile of the respondents.  Mean was used to determine the levels of the leadership styles of the managers and the performance effectiveness of the employees of the college.  T – Test was used to determine the significance of the difference in the levels of the leadership styles ascribed by the managers and the performance effectiveness of the employees as perceived by the respondents.  ANOVA was used to determine the significance of the difference in the performance effectiveness of the employees when grouped by teaching and non-teaching category.  Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to identify the significant relationship between the two variables.  Regression Analysis was used to identify whether the leadership styles influence the performance effectiveness of the employees.

          Results revealed that the managers of the college mostly ascribe servant leadership and situational leadership in dealing with their employees.  The research also manifested that among the four indicators in the performance effectiveness of the employees, the item stable policies and programs got the highest weighted mean which revealed that the employees are confident that the college has stable policies and programs.  The study also revealed that there is no significant difference in the performance of the employees when grouped according to the category of teaching and non-teaching staff.  Furthermore, it revealed that there is a significant relationship between the leadership styles ascribed by the managers and the performance effectiveness of the employees.  Finally, it revealed that the leadership styles of the managers influence the performance effectiveness of the employees of DMMA College of Southern Philippines.

Ann Cervales, Philippines