February 2015 Vol. 3 No. 1

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An Empirical Investigation of Modern Leadership styles in Government Agencies in Saudi Arabia

Dr. Nawal Abdalla Adam

Associate Professor, Faculty of Business and Administration, Prince Norah University

E-mail: nawal_ama@yahoo.com

Accepted January 23, 2015

Abstract

Although classic leadership styles seem to be basic for most managers, today, in the current changing world, leaders in government agencies need to know how to influence their subordinates to exert more effort using more modern leadership styles. This paper seeks to examine the adoption of modern leadership styles by government agencies’ leaders in Saudi Arabia. A total of 476 randomly selected responses from various government agencies working Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) were collected using questionnaire survey. Descriptive statistics results showed that transactional leadership style and the transformational leadership styles are the most dominant styles in the government agencies. Correlations results reveal that there is a weak positive relationship between transformation leadership style, transactional leadership style, e-leadership style, and the number of subordinates. Managerial implications are presented based upon these results.

Keywords: E-leadership, Government agencies, Modern leadership styles, Transformational leadership, Transactional leadership