Abstract

The purpose of this research was to investigate the impact of directive and supportive leadership style on employee performance in federal medical centre Asaba Nigeria. This research was guided by post-positivism philosophy; this was preferred because the study attempted to establish how one variable (directive and supportive leadership style) affects another (employee performance). A quantitative approach was used to explore the impact, where a properly structured questionnaire was distributed and collected after five working days. The sample size of this research was made up of 115 respondents and the selection was made using random sampling. For this study a multiple regression method was used to analyze the findings. To test the hypothesis SPSS was used. The results obtained were presented in tables and bar chats and histograms. The results of the regression indicated that directive leadership style had a significant impact on employee performance in federal medical centre Asaba (F (.011) plt;.05). The result showed that directive leadership style was a strong predictor of employee performance, based on this the study rejected the null hypothesis and accepted the research hypothesis. On the other hand, the results also indicated that supportive leadership style had no significant impact on employee performance in federal medical centre Asaba (F (.086) pgt;.05). The result indicated that supportive leadership style was not a strong predictor of employee performance, based on this the study accepted the null hypothesis and rejected the research hypothesis. The study concluded that directive leadership style has a positive impact on employee performance while supportive had no impact on employee performance in federal medical center Asaba Nigeria. The study further recommended that to be an effective leader, there is need to adopt a multiple leadership style than a singular style when dealing with employees in any organization. Th