Autocratic
Leadership Style and Employee Satisfaction
Arbitrary leadership has been shown to retain as much power
and decision-making power as possible for the manager. (Khan)2015. Authoritarian
leaders are the top leaders in the establishment and that he is at the centre
of all that takes place in that hierarchy and that all authority emerges from
them and ends with them. Melling and Little (2004). According to Iqbal, and others.
(2015), authoritarian leaders are characterized by “I say” philosophy; Arbitrary
leaders tell others what to do. Nanwankwo (2001) and Enoch (1999) described
leadership style as a way for leaders to make decisions and emphasize
production at the expense of any human consideration (quoted in Accor, 2014).
Autocratic leaders never allows decision from the subordinates,
and the leaders are normally far away from the staff.(Ardichvili), 2010. It is a
leadership that is enforced on an institute and it is occasionally referred to
as powerful leadership. Decision making is done by autocratic leaders; however,
inputs from staff may be sought in the practice, but hardly taken into attention.
This is because they are generous autocrats. (Baughman), 2008.
Characteristics
of autocratic leadership Style.
-Allows no input from group members in decision making.
-Requires leaders to make all the decisions.
-Provides leaders with the ability to command work systems
and methods.
-Leaves group feeling like they aren't important with decisions
or vital tasks.
-Tends to create highly planned and very rigid environments.
-Depresses creativity and out-of-the box thinking.
-Establishes rules and tends to be clearly outlined and
communicate.
By this style of autocratic leadership style, subordinates
should have the education and ability to full fill the goals that autocratic
leaders set for them.(Cherry),
2020. Autocratic leadership style puts emphasis on the role of the leader and
takes pressure away from the role of the team (Lipman), 2014. As the (Puny), 2016 says,
autocratic leadership makes employee turnover. Because employees does not like
to work under pressure and they are not interested to stay in a place where
there are no appreciation or recognition for them. It makes less job
satisfaction under Autocratic style. (Ryan), 2014.
References
Ardichvili, Kuchenke and Egwunyenga. Obstacle to
Success in Academic Libraries (2010).
Baughman. (2008).
Cherry. (2020).
Khan. (2015).
Lipman. (2014).
Puny. (2016).
Ryan. (2014).
Author has clearly explained the Autocratic Leadership style in this Article.
ReplyDeleteAn autocratic manager is one who rarely seeks input from her employees in order to make decisions. This kind of management style can be advantageous in a fast-paced work environment where people need to quickly make the decisions for daily work tasks. Autocratic managers tend to motivate employees by establishing confidence in the manager's ability to make accurate and productive decisions.
ReplyDeleteAn autocratic manager is one who rarely seeks input from her employees in order to make decisions. This kind of management style can be advantageous in a fast-paced work environment where people need to quickly make the decisions for daily work tasks. Autocratic managers tend to motivate employees by establishing confidence in the manager's ability to make accurate and productive decisions.
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