Identifying the Leadership Styles in Public and Private Sector: A Comparative Study in Power Sector Organizations

Abstract

This study compares the ideas of leadership styles used in the public and private sectors power organisations for effective performance. The primary data collected from middle level manager across Pakistan through online by using simple random sampling method. To assess the various leadership philosophies i.e., Autocratic, Democratic, Delegative, a questionnaire developed. The questionnaire contains 10 questions each for exploring the Autocratic, Democratic, Delegate leadership styles. The total 210 questionnaires distributed in middle level managers of 105 public and 105 private power organizations posted in different locations. 100%-filled questionnaires received from respondents. The collected data entered in MS Excel software for measuring the mean value and standard deviation. According to the study findings, public sector power organisations dominated by autocratic leadership, while private sector power organisations dominated by democratic leadership. Private sector power organizations performance is better than public sector power organisations at their jobs. Therefore, it is recommended that the public sector organisations employ a mixture of both the autocratic and democratic styles of leadership to improve beneficial role, efficiency and for attaining the required consequences.