The Influence of Leadership Style on Industrial Dispute Management

The aim of this paper is to examine how leadership style can help resolve industrial dispute between employers and employees. To achieve the objective of this paper, the survey method was adopted. That is, questionnaires were administered to the target respondents in four different organization in Bayelsa State of Nigeria. The result from the field was analyzed using quantitative method. That is, Z test was used in analyzing the data collected. The results from the findings indicate that management leadership style can help resolve industrial dispute in a work environment. Furthermore, the result indicates that management leadership style can also produce a healthy working environment, establish cordial working relationship between management and workers, reduces tension between employers and employees which in the long run produces a conducive industrial atmosphere, peace and harmony in the organization. The paper therefore recommend that management should adopt democratic leadership style to address and resolve industrial dispute with workers.