The Impact of Leadership Styles on Employees’ Performance in Public and Private Organisations in Guyana

This article seeks to evaluate leadership styles—transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire—across the manufacturing and service sectors and at different organizational levels—senior management, middle management (supervisor), and junior level—to understand how these styles affect employees’ performance in public and private organizations in Guyana. Many studies have been conducted on leadership; however, there is a gap regarding the most appropriate leadership style for organisations to adopt to positively impact employees’ performance and contribute to the sustainable growth and development of the organisation. Moreover, a comparison between private and public organisations revealed that private organisations consistently outperform public organisations, as shown in parliamentary reports on public agencies and the published financial reports of privately owned organisations. The leadership styles examined by this study are hoped to bring clarity and set the stage for future studies.