The impact of spiritual leadership on employee performance in Nigerian micro finance banks
The poor performance of micro finance banks (MFBs) in Nigeria has become a serious concern to all stakeholders. The failure of the MFBs to meet up to expectations has been attributed to lack of appropriate conduct of the managers resulting to their inability to effectively motivate employees. This p...
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| author | Onyebuchi, Orji Sixtus Mohamed Saat, Maisarah Abdullah, Dewi Fariha Tan, Cindy |
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| description | The poor performance of micro finance banks (MFBs) in Nigeria has become a serious concern to all stakeholders. The failure of the MFBs to meet up to expectations has been attributed to lack of appropriate conduct of the managers resulting to their inability to effectively motivate employees. This paper discusses employee performance, the concept of spiritual leadership and the roles of spiritual leadership in improving employee performance. The organizational leaders are expected to show love, appreciation, kindness and care. The paper concludes with suggestion that leaders’ creation of a culturally friendly work environment which appreciates individual spiritual values will improve employees’ performance. |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-607512017-08-16T07:36:53Z http://eprints.utm.my/60751/ The impact of spiritual leadership on employee performance in Nigerian micro finance banks Onyebuchi, Orji Sixtus Mohamed Saat, Maisarah Abdullah, Dewi Fariha Tan, Cindy HD28 Management. Industrial Management The poor performance of micro finance banks (MFBs) in Nigeria has become a serious concern to all stakeholders. The failure of the MFBs to meet up to expectations has been attributed to lack of appropriate conduct of the managers resulting to their inability to effectively motivate employees. This paper discusses employee performance, the concept of spiritual leadership and the roles of spiritual leadership in improving employee performance. The organizational leaders are expected to show love, appreciation, kindness and care. The paper concludes with suggestion that leaders’ creation of a culturally friendly work environment which appreciates individual spiritual values will improve employees’ performance. 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Onyebuchi, Orji Sixtus and Mohamed Saat, Maisarah and Abdullah, Dewi Fariha and Tan, Cindy (2015) The impact of spiritual leadership on employee performance in Nigerian micro finance banks. In: 34th The IIER International Conference, 19 August, 2015, Singapore. |
| spellingShingle | HD28 Management. Industrial Management Onyebuchi, Orji Sixtus Mohamed Saat, Maisarah Abdullah, Dewi Fariha Tan, Cindy The impact of spiritual leadership on employee performance in Nigerian micro finance banks |
| title | The impact of spiritual leadership on employee performance in Nigerian micro finance banks |
| title_full | The impact of spiritual leadership on employee performance in Nigerian micro finance banks |
| title_fullStr | The impact of spiritual leadership on employee performance in Nigerian micro finance banks |
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| title_short | The impact of spiritual leadership on employee performance in Nigerian micro finance banks |
| title_sort | impact of spiritual leadership on employee performance in nigerian micro finance banks |
| topic | HD28 Management. Industrial Management |
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