Impact of Participative Leadership Style on Employee's Performance: Mediating Role of Employee Learning

Abstract

This study is based on finding the Impact of leadership styles on employee performance, and it mainly discusses the participative leadership style. The objective of this study is to understand the impact of participative leadership style on employee performance. We used mediation in the shape of employee learning, which is a novelty of our study. The objective of our research is to check whether participative leadership is beneficial for educational institutions. The study also investigates employee learning in institutions when the participative leadership style is practiced and checks whether the performance of employees improves or not. The study was based on a quantitative approach, and data was collected personally through a well-structured questionnaire and survey in educational institutions in the Punjab region of Pakistan. Our respondents were explicitly the staff of that institution. We used different statistical tools to analyze our results and interpretation. Our findings indicate that participative leadership style has a positive and significant impact on employee performance. We also offer some practical recommendations regarding the participative leadership style. This research contributes by bridging the theory and practice, providing an understanding of leadership patterns and resulting performance improvement in educational settings.