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W7000 final leadership styles
1. Does Leadership Styles Influence
Employee Turnover Rates?
An examination on how Leadership styles can cause high turnover rates
By: Sondra Brown
W7000
Argosy University
Dr. Kay Walker
2. Background of the Problem
High Turnover is a challenge that organizations face
daily.
Poor leadership can cause employee turnover
Leadership is critical to an organization
3. Background of the Problem
Turnover has been monetary and non-monetary
consequences.
The most ineffective leadership styles does not meet
the requirements of individual situations.
Negative Leadership styles can cause employees to
leave
4. Theoretical Framework
Frederick Winslow Taylor proposed the practice of
scientific management.
Great Man Theory
Trait Theory
Leadership Theory
Lewin's Leadership Styles
5. Research Topics and Questions
The wrong type of Leadership style can cause
Burnout, Strain, and High Turnover
Leadership Styles linked to turnover intentions
Leadership Styles impact on organizational
commitment
6. Research Topics and Questions
Cont.…
What are the potential relationship
between high turnover rates within an
organization and leadership styles?
What type of leadership style results for
better organizational commitment?
What are the possible solutions for
reducing turnover?
7. Key Findings from Literature
Commonalities were found between leadership style,
perception, organizational commitment, salary and
high turnover rates (Raja & Palanichamy, 2011).
Empowerment and transformational leadership
reduces employee intentions to quit (Gill, Mathur,
Sharma, & Bhutani, 2011).
Turnover rates decrease when the employee’s are
recognized for their work quality (Para & Treblay,
2007).
8. Gaps in Research and
Recommendations for Future
Research
Empirical relationship and retention strategies should
be investigated (Hsu, Huang, Leong, & Li, 2003).
Organizational commitment and the relationship to
turnover should be examined (Para & Treblay, 2007).
Turnover predictors should be examined (Hom,
Mitchell, Lee, & Griffeth, 2012).
The data should have been conducted longitudinal
(Donoghue & Castle, 2009).
Identified Gaps is that the researchers only focused on
one organization instead of several organizations
9. Relevance of Literature
Findings to Proposed Topic
Leadership Styles can influence the retention of
employees
Empowerment of leadership has a great influence on
employee intentions to quit
10. Themes
(Headings for Literature Review)
Background of the Problem
History of the research question
Organizational Effectiveness
Empowerment
Burnout, Strain, and High turnout
Turnover Intentions
Poor leadership can cause employee turnover, which ends up costing your small business time and money.
Turnover has both monetary and non-monetary consequences. These costs include separation processing, recruitment, new-hire training, lower productivity, loss of revenue and team morale.
This is not a leadership theory per se but changed the way leader-managers interacted with employees and handled production of a given product. Early 20th centuryGreat Man and trait theories. Great man theory of leadership proposes that certain men are born to lead and when crises arise these men step up to take their natural place.Trait theory proposes that only men with the in-born characteristics for leadership will be successful leaders.propsed three leadership types displayed within organizations. Those leadership styles included:Autocratic leadership whereby the corporate leader made all decisions without consultation.Democratic leadership whereby the leader-supervisors included members of the organization in the decision-making process.Laissez Faire leadership whereby the leader played a minimal role in the decision-making process.
Pay, leadership styles, employee recognitionas a result, it could not be determined if leadership style causes lower turnover or if lower turnover lead to the change of leadership styles in an organization.correlational research study that involves repeated observations of the same variables over long periods of time — often many decades.
