Leadership Styles and Workplace Wellness Among Ghanaian SME Workers

Kwasi Dartey-Baah

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-20154-8_52

Leadership Styles and Workplace Wellness Among Ghanaian SME Workers

Kwasi Dartey-Baah

University of Ghana Business School

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Abstract

This paper investigates the relationship between leadership styles and the quality of work life (QWL) among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) workers in Ghana. A cross-sectional design was used with standardized questionnaires to collect data. Both the simple random sampling and purposive sampling techniques were adopted to select respondents. A total sample of 200 respondents was engaged. The research findings suggest a positive relationship between QWL and transformational leadership style (r =.63, p =.000) with ‘idealized influence’ a dimension of transformational leadership significantly correlating with QWL. Transactional leadership style also had a positive relationship with QWL (r =.53, p =.000) although moderate. This suggests that in a developing country setting like Ghana, more exchange (give and take) form of relationships enhance employee quality of work life which is contrary to what pertains in other jurisdictions. Furthermore, males and females did not differ significantly on their QWL.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Human Factors, Business Management and Leadership - Proceedings of the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, and the AHFE International Conference on Human Factors in Management and Leadership
Editors	Jussi Ilari Kantola, Salman Nazir
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	561-572
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Print)	9783030201531
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20154-8_52
Publication status	Published - 2020
Externally published	Yes
Event	AHFE International Conference on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, and the AHFE International Conference on Human Factors in Management and Leadership, 2019 - Washington D.C. Duration: 24 Jul 2019 → 28 Jul 2019

Publication series

Name	Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume	961
ISSN (Print)	2194-5357
ISSN (Electronic)	2194-5365

Conference

Conference	AHFE International Conference on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, and the AHFE International Conference on Human Factors in Management and Leadership, 2019
Country/Territory	United States
City	Washington D.C.
Period	24/07/19 → 28/07/19

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Keywords

Ghana
Quality of Work Life (QWL)
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Transactional leadership
Transformational leadership

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Dartey-Baah, K. (2020). Leadership Styles and Workplace Wellness Among Ghanaian SME Workers. In J. I. Kantola, & S. Nazir (Eds.), Advances in Human Factors, Business Management and Leadership - Proceedings of the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, and the AHFE International Conference on Human Factors in Management and Leadership (pp. 561-572). (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 961). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20154-8_52

Dartey-Baah, Kwasi. / Leadership Styles and Workplace Wellness Among Ghanaian SME Workers. Advances in Human Factors, Business Management and Leadership - Proceedings of the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, and the AHFE International Conference on Human Factors in Management and Leadership. editor / Jussi Ilari Kantola ; Salman Nazir. Springer Verlag, 2020. pp. 561-572 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing).

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Dartey-Baah, K 2020, Leadership Styles and Workplace Wellness Among Ghanaian SME Workers. in JI Kantola & S Nazir (eds), Advances in Human Factors, Business Management and Leadership - Proceedings of the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, and the AHFE International Conference on Human Factors in Management and Leadership. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 961, Springer Verlag, pp. 561-572, AHFE International Conference on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, and the AHFE International Conference on Human Factors in Management and Leadership, 2019, Washington D.C., United States, 24/07/19. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20154-8_52

Leadership Styles and Workplace Wellness Among Ghanaian SME Workers. / Dartey-Baah, Kwasi.
Advances in Human Factors, Business Management and Leadership - Proceedings of the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, and the AHFE International Conference on Human Factors in Management and Leadership. ed. / Jussi Ilari Kantola; Salman Nazir. Springer Verlag, 2020. p. 561-572 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 961).

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Dartey-Baah K. Leadership Styles and Workplace Wellness Among Ghanaian SME Workers. In Kantola JI, Nazir S, editors, Advances in Human Factors, Business Management and Leadership - Proceedings of the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, and the AHFE International Conference on Human Factors in Management and Leadership. Springer Verlag. 2020. p. 561-572. (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-20154-8_52

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