Abstract:
This study titled “The Effects of The Management Leadership Styles on Employee Productivity
at Sagret Hotels” is aimed at finding out the influence that various leadership styles can have on
the productivity of hotel employees.Tan Bee Wen 2019, leadership is the capability to influence
a group of people to achieve a cerrtain goal. This project therefore will explain the current
situation at Sagret Hotel-Thika which has been facing a decrease on its sales of products since its
recent opening. The number of customers to the hotel has been decreasing as compared to the
returns of the first year of opening. This project therefore aimed at demonstrating the impact of
the leadership styles and employee‟s productivity at Sagret Hotel-Thika. Specifically, this study
aimed at identifying the degree of influence among three types of leadership styles namely,
democratic leadership, laissez-faire leadership and autocratic leadership (Lewin 1939 and
Scouller 2011) on employees‟ job performance/productivity in the hotel herein. Many scholars
have conducted various studies on the above named leadership styles, Radwan 2020. A
conceptual framework was also developed to show the relative impact between the three
leadership styles on the employees‟ performances. The study used a population of thirty nine
employees, inclusive of all subordinate staffs of Sagret Thika and the waiting staff of Sagret
Milimani. And thus, census method of sampling was used. Questionnaires were used as a method
of data collection. Data collected was analyzed using mean scores and standard deviation for the
research questions while the hypothesis was analyzed using the Pearson‟s correlation. The
project will help the management of Sagret hotels in identifying the cause of the problem at
hand