Abstract
The present study investigate the leadership styles and their
potential influence on individual decision making styles in banking
sector of Pakistan along with the role of emotional intelligence in
predicting the relationship between leadership’s styles and decision
making styles. Questionnaire method is employed to collect data
from employees working in the banking sector mainly located in
two cities i.e., Islamabad and Rawalpindi, Pakistan. A total of 250
questionnaires were distributed from which 153 were received
back with a response rate of 61.2 percent. Simple regression
analysis and multiple hierarchal regression models are utilized to
test the study hypotheses. Results showed that transformational
leadership positively predicts rational, intuitive, dependant and
spontaneous decision making styles. Transactional leadership
styles predicted rational, dependant and spontaneous decision
making styles while laissez-faire decision making style predicted
avoidant and dependant decision making styles. Results also
described that among leadership and decision making styles,
transformational and rational decision making styles are the most
preferred styles of banking sectors’ employees. Findings of the
study further concluded that emotional intelligence moderates the
relationship among transformational leadership, transactional
leadership, rational and dependant decision making styles. The
research findings of the present study could be utilized by
professionals, practitioners and academics for the quality
improvement of banking sector in Pakistan
Rana Rashid Rehman, Ajmal Waheed. (2012) Individual’s Leadership and Decision Making Styles: A Study of Banking Sector of Pakistan, Journal of Behavioural Sciences, Volume 22, Issue 3 .
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