An Empirical Study of Leadership Styles and Employee Job Performance in the Malaysian Private Industry

The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between leadership styles and employee job performance in the Malaysian private industry. The independent variables of this study are transformational and transactional leadership whereas the dependent variable is employee job performance. The research design of this study employs a quantitative and cross-sectional approach. An online survey questionnaire was used to collect data and yielded 384 responses. The findings of this study revealed that transformational and transactional leadership were significantly related to employee job performance. This research can provide practical implications to the organizations’ leaders and managers to exhibit appropriate leadership styles by the employee performance outcomes in the Malaysian private industry.