15Oct 2019

LEADERSHIP AND EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE: THE DUNNING-KRUGER EFFECT.

  • School of Management Sciences,Department of Business Administration and Marketing,Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun state, Nigeria.
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Leadership connotes influence; because the decisions made by leaders that influences others. This study looks at how leadership-decision making affects employee performance. This theoretical paper is anchored on the Dunning-Kruger effect and theory X and Y which explains the interaction between leadership (independent variable) and employee performance (dependent variable). The study is an exploratory study and did an extensive review of literature. The comparison of literatures showed that leadership has a significant effect on employee performance and therefore suggests that organisational leaders and managers should adopt effective leadership styles that will lead to unbiased decision-making, improved employee performance and organisational efficiency and effectiveness.

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[Onyia V, Enyinnah N and Olubiyi T. (2019); LEADERSHIP AND EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE: THE DUNNING-KRUGER EFFECT. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 7 (Oct). 358-367] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Dr Onyia Valerie
Babcock University, Nigeria

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/9838      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/9838

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