ASSESSING THE ADOPTION OF LEADERSHIP STYLES BY PROJECT MANAGERS WITHIN CONSTRUCTION FIRMS IN KADUNA

Abstract

Leadership styles should come up with tools and techniques that would not only be effective but ensure improvement and handling changes that will steer the organization towards innovation and creativity to enable the transformation agenda to succeed. This paper aimed at identifying four leadership styles adopted within the business environment that can bring about this change. The leadership styles include coaching, visionary, facilitative and team leadership styles. It assessed their frequency of adoption, and effectiveness by project managers employed within construction firms. A structured questionnaire was administered in a survey manner to project managers selected using snowballing technique within Kaduna Metropolis. 100 were administered and 71 were returned amounting to 74% response rate. Analysis conducted on a Likert Scale format showed that the most frequently adopted style as well as most effective was coaching leadership. The study recommends that the remaining styles should be adopted more often.