The influence of leadership styles on employee productivity: In the field of education

Coping with the newly emerged problems in such a competitive environment requires novel solutions and new types of managers and leaders. Companies face a formidable task of reinventing themselves in such turbulent situations for survival. Hence, companies are searching for new ways to maintain a sustainable quality level and competitive price and reduce cycle-time of their products and services to penetrate the markets earlier than those of their competitors. In fact, this is essential to satisfy the prospective customers best to gain a competitive advantage over competitors. However, explosions of technological innovation, rapid change of the demographic factors and rising life expectancy is causing more uncertainty for leaders as well as managers.Hence, the purpose of this paper is to search what type of leadership is the better choice and evaluate which leadership style fits in a specific situation the best. In doing so, types and styles of leadership will be evaluated with application in practice, to explore the most suitable ?leadership wisdom? appropriate to the position. As an instrument of the research methodology, a questionnaire has been developed based on previous empirical studies conducted in the field of leadership. The leadership philosophies and practices of some of educational institutions have been tested from the view of leadership styles affecting the overall efficiency in the organization. Findings of the research study revealed that relation between leadership style and efficiency of employees has been explored to be positive and linear. As perceived, the next society will be a knowledge society; where, not only businesses but also schools, universities, hospitals, and government agencies have to be globally competitive. Within this context, today transferring knowledge quickly and efficiently throughout organization is gaining new dimensions for the success. In addition, classical pattern of motivation is also changing. Money is no longer the prime motivator for most people but other variables are gaining more importance.Keywords: Leadership, Efficiency, Emotional Intelligence, Motivation, Communication