Leadership styles and organizational climate among employees in Lima, Peru

Abstract

The objective of this research is to determine the relationship between leadership styles and the organizational climate of employees in the retail sector, with a quantitative approach and a correlational scope, 81 employees were sampled, using the statistical formula of finite population sampling, obtained from a population of 100 employees in the retail sector, the data were collected using the Likert scale. Likewise, 2 measurement instruments were used, one for each variable, for the Organizational Climate variable the Evaluation of Organizational Climate in Health (ECOS-S) was used, for the Leadership variable and its dimensions the questionnaire of description of the leader's behavior was used (L. B.D.Q. - Form XII), for data analysis processing the SPSS statistical package was used, with which the reliability statistics of the leadership instrument was taken and gave as a result a Cronbach's Alpha = .966, and for the climate instrument a Cronbach's Alpha = .983. The correlational result for general leadership and organizational climate showed that there is a significant relationship between the two variables with Rho .603, thus taking the alternate hypothesis and rejecting the null hypothesis, for the dimension Laissez Faire leadership and organizational climate the correlational result is Rho = . 625 indicates that the relationship is also significant, for the dimension Autocratic Leadership and organizational climate the correlational result is Rho = .568 which is also significant, the third dimension Transformational Leadership and Organizational Climate the correlational result is Rho = .729 which is also significant. Therefore, it is concluded that there is a significant relationship between leadership styles and organizational climate among employees in Metropolitan Lima in the retail sector in the year 2023.