Thesis (MBA) - Cyprus International University. Institute of Graduate Studies and Research Business Administration Department

Includes bibliography (sheets 40-42)

ABSTRACT
Leadership is one of the primary factors of organizational innovation and plays a
significant role in influencing the degree of support committed to innovation in a
company. This research aims to investigate the impact of leadership style on the
organizational innovation of commercials banks in Nigeria. Quantitative data is the
primary focus of the study, collected from managers in five commercial banks in
Nigeria. This study was undertaken to investigate the hypothesized links between OI
and leadership style which includes transformational, transactional, participative and
Laissez-faire leadership using Statistics Program for the Social Sciences (SPSS) and
the Analysis of Moment Structure (AMOS) mathematical software to analyze the data.
Through the data of 205 managers, findings in this study showed that transformational
and transactional leadership styles is positively related to organizational innovation.
Also, indicating that participative and Laissez-faire leadership styles of managers has
no significant or positive impact on organizational innovation in the banking industry.
The findings in this study showed that quality, productive and innovation performance
in the Nigerian banking industry may be attained through transformative and
transactional leadership orientations which inspires employee creativity and
dedication to organizational innovation.
Keyword: Banking Industry, Laissez-faire leadership, Leadership Style, Participative
Leadership, Transformational Leadership, Transactional Leadership