Leader-Staff Relationships in Kosovo Customs: Leadership and its Impact on Customs Effectiveness

Journal Title: STYLES OF COMMUNICATION - Year 2018, Vol 10, Issue 1

Abstract

Leadership styles and leader-staff relationships have always impact on organizational effectiveness. It is important to study of this dimension in Kosovo Customs, taking into account the impact and contribution it has to the country’s budget. The purpose of this research is to analyze the style of leadership that is mostly used in this organization at both management levels and to see whether that style has influenced the organization’s effectiveness. In this study data were collected from various levels of Customs employees. The survey questions have been raised based on two instruments, the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire, and the Leadership Describing Questionnaire. Also, correlations of leadership styles are tested based on Pearson’s theory. The paper analyzes four leadership styles used by the leaders at two managerial levels, the results of the study show that the democratic style is the dominant style of leadership in this institution. Also, the survey results show that, as top-down, also bottom-up, there is a good relationship between leaders and subordinates at both levels of management. Thus, this leader-staff relationship positively affects the effectiveness of Customs.

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Dren Gërguri

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Dren Gërguri (2018). Leader-Staff Relationships in Kosovo Customs: Leadership and its Impact on Customs Effectiveness. STYLES OF COMMUNICATION, 10(1), 108-124. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-430152