LEADERSHIP STYLE AND JOB SATISFACTION IN NIGERIA PUBLIC SERVICE (A CASE STUDY OF BENUE STATE CIVIL SERVICE)

ABSTRACT

The main interest of this study is to analyze the problems of leadership and productivity improvement in Nigeria Public Service using Benue State Civil Service as case study. Productivity and good service delivery cannot be achieved where the administrators’ leadership style does not encourage staff morale and job satisfaction of workers; since it is the quality of the administrator’s leadership that differentiates effective organization from ineffective organization. To achieve the aims of this study, the reseacher raised the following questions, in what ways do leadership styles influence civil servants’ productivity in Benue State? In what ways does human relation influence civil servants’ productivity in Benue State? In what ways do rewards influence civil servant productivity in Benue State? In what ways do staff training and development influence civil servant productivity in Benue State? To authenticate the hypothesis which was raised based on the above, the analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to support the mean standard statistics that analyzed the research questions. We anchored our analysis on contingency theory and relied on primary and secondary data. The study found that there can only be high productivity and good service delivery in Rivers State civil service through an effective leader who practice effective communication, motivation and Human Relation to avoid systemic collapse