The impact of leadership style on employee’s motivation in Nepalese hospitality industry

Abstract

This study attempts to analyze the perception of employees working in the hotel industry, their motivation factors and it’s relation to the leadership style. This study is descriptive and quantitative in nature, aiming to develop a better understanding on impact of leadership style on employees motivation. Questionnaire was administered randomly to the management and sub-ordinate staff within the Nepalese hotel without regard to sex and age. It was found that there is a positive relationship between Idealized Influence, Inspirational Motivation, Contingent Reward and Management-byexpectation

and Employee Motivation. This relationship implies that transformational and transactional leadership style influences employees’ motivation positively.

Keywords: Leadership style, transformational leader, transactional leader, motivation