Leadership Styles and Employee Performance during COVID-19: A Case Study of Pakistani Organizations
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COVID-19, Leadership Styles, Employees Performance, Management Sciences, MarketingAbstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has delivered unparalleled challenges to global organizations, impacting leadership patterns and employee overall performance. The research efforts summarized the management patterns and employee performance inside the context of Pakistani companies during the pandemic. It explores the effect of transformational, transactional, autocratic, and democratic management styles on workers' overall performance, job pleasure, and motivation. The management demanding situations examined emerged during the duration of COVID-19 and the adaptive practices hired by way of leaders. The findings offer potential insights for organizational leaders and practitioners, highlighting the dynamic and responsive management technique in times of crisis. In this case study, three distinguished Pakistani companies (Acme Pharmaceuticals, Green Tech Solutions, and Global Logistics) were tested. These agencies were decided to symbolize a diverse variety of industries and organizational systems, supplying a comprehensive attitude on leadership patterns and employee overall performance throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
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