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Leadership Styles In Nigeria

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LITERATURE REVIEW

Leadership has been described in so many ways; as a social influence in which subordinates are encouraged to participate voluntarily to achieve organizational goals (Omolayo 2000). It has also been described by (Nirenberg 2001) as the leader’s mutual interaction with his followers.

Some authors describe leadership as the use of non-coercive means to move a group towards the same direction (Kotter 1988; Gardner 1990; Gerber, Nel and Van Dyk 1996; Akanwa 1997). In this regard, political leadership also describes the individuals involved in the management of the affairs and resources of a country by formulating policies for her well been (Ogbeidi, 2012:4). Interestingly, Nigeria has been managed by political leaders who are …show more content…

However, there are three styles of leadership, these include transactional leadership, transformational leadership and laissez faire leadership (Bass 1990). Thus, of the three leadership styles, transactional and transformational leadership styles stand out (Burns 1978).

Burns (1978) opined that transformational leaders, encourage followers to change their attitudes to achieve higher goals. They also influence followers to comply without the use of the reward linked with the transactional leadership style (Senior, 1997). Transformational leadership consists of different dimensions identified by Avolio, Bass and Jung (1997) as idealized influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation and individual consideration.

Idealised influence is associated with the creation of vision and goals. Further, in the inspirational motivation dimension, transformational leaders are depicted as risk bearers and role models with high ethical standards, admired, revered and trusted by their …show more content…

It now becomes the role of leadership to ensure good governance by instituting its virtues in Nigeria. This was better expressed in a world bank’s document on (1989) which translated the virtues of good governance to include an efficient public service, an independent judiciary and legal framework to enforce contract, an accountable administration of public funds, an independent public auditor, responsible to a representative legislature, respect for the law and human rights at all levels of government, a pluralistic institutional structure and a free press (Adeosun

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