Volume 7, Issue 9 (September 2020), Pages: 89-96

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: The role of leadership in improving the productivity of the organization through employees’ performance: A case study of the oil and gas sectors

 Author(s): Hasan Karam *, R. Tasmin

 Affiliation(s):

 Faculty of Technology Management and Business, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6493-8899

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2020.09.014

 Abstract:

Leadership is an integral part of the organization with a direct impact on organizational productivity and profit. The desirous leader is considered the one who can get the best from their employees to achieve the organizational goals. Thus, the appropriate leadership style, according to the needs of the organization, has a positive impact on organizational performance. This study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effects of transformational leadership on staff productivity. In this regard, data is collected from 638 participants using different means. The key parameters which are considered in this research are 360-degree scores, attendance, quality of work, and promoted score. The results revealed that in the oil and gas sector, the employees are quite optimistic about the leadership, and they believe that their immediate team leaders have a significant role in improving their performance. 

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 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Qualitative, Quantitative, Surveys, Interviews, Transformational leadership, Staff productivity, NVIVO

 Article History: Received 20 January 2020, Received in revised form 5 June 2020, Accepted 7 June 2020

 Acknowledgment:

No Acknowledgment.

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 Conflict of interest: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

 Citation:

 Karam H and Tasmin R (2020). The role of leadership in improving the productivity of the organization through employees’ performance: A case study of the oil and gas sectors. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 7(9): 89-96

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