GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT

The study sought to examine innovative leadership and productivity of female employees in Akwa Ibom State Civil Service. Expost-facto research design was adopted for the study. The study was conducted in Akwa Ibom State. The population of the study comprised of all civil servants. Stratified Sampling technique was used to select 264 civil servants from the study area and these gave the sample size of 264 respondents that was used for the study. The Main Instrument used in this study was a questionnaire titled “Innovative Leadership and productivity of Female Employees Questionnaire” (ILPFEQ). Face and content validation of the instrument was carried out to ensure that the instrument has the accuracy of study under consideration. Cronbach Alpha technique was used to determine the reliability of the instrument. The reliability coefficient obtained was 0.88 and this was high enough to justify the use of the instrument. The researcher subjected the data generated for this study to appropriate statistical techniques such as descriptive statistics and simple regression. The test for significance was done at 0.05 alpha levels. The study revealed that transformational approach to leadership relies on encouraging and motivating followers to participate in molding a successful future for an organization. Also that for the effectiveness, quality, and efficiency of the output, Performance contributes to the assessment of how valuable an employee is to the organization. A perfect leader will make every attempt to make the employees apply themselves completely out of their own will into the common objective of the organization. Finally, the need for innovation in organizations has resulted in a new focus on the role of leaders in shaping the nature and success of creative efforts. One of the recommendations was that employer of the organization should create good working relationship with their employee by motivating them, therefore leading to the positive organizational outputs.