EFFECT OF LEADERSHIP STYLE ON EMPLOYEE TURNOVER IN ACCESS BANK MAIDUGURI, BORNO STATE.

ABSTRACT Considering the role of leaders in the workplace who continuously interact with followers and thus significantly influence their attitudes and behaviors, the purpose of this study is to examine the effect of leadership styles on employee performance, specifically transformational leadership, transactional leadership and autocratic leadership styles, the method of data collection of this study were through the use of questionnaire and the sample size of the study are 60. The study used both descriptive and inferential statistics for the analysis through the use of multiple regression to test the hypothesis. The result of this study shows that there is a positive relationship between transformational leadership and turnover with statistically significant (sig=0.543). Findings also showed that autocratic leadership had a negative relation with employee turnover statistically significant (Sig=0.036). Findings indicate a negative relationship between transactional leadership and turnover which was also statistically significant (Sig=0.005). This study encourages the use of transformational leadership style and leadership training in Access bank by inspiring employees to be committed and loyal to the organization which in turn reduces performance intention.