A Study on the Impact of Leadership Styles on Employee Moral

Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to understand the impact of leadership styles on employee morale. Research Implications: The paper gives a preliminary understanding on the impact of different leadership styles on employee morale. The leadership styles that have been studied are transformational leadership, transactional leadership and laissez faire leadership. Findings: A leader assesses the nature of the employees and chooses a particular style of leadership which has the ability to empower and allow the employees to realize their fullest potential. Leaders who through their behavior effectively influence, train and train the followers to put their skills to work make the employees proactive and dedicated to organizational goals which increases the level of employee morale.