An Overview of Leadership Theories and Styles: Proposing Research Agenda through Review of Existing Literature

Abstract In this turbulent ever changing business scenario the concept of leadership has gained its significance. It has been debated since ages which leadership style is said to effective. Many research studies were investigated to know the best style of leadership but the studies proved that there is no universal leadership style acceptable under all situations. Leadership style is considered as one of the crucial factor for engaging the employees. In this article the authors attempted to throw some light on the various leadership styles and theories to give a basic understanding on the evolution and development of leadership over a period of time. The entire study is purely secondary in nature which is collected from past publications, articles over a period of time.