The Impact of Leadership Style and Organizational Culture on Employee Engagement and Employee Retention

Abstract

In the present era, diverse activities demand skilled leadership across different domains, including professional environments, community involvement, and organizational frameworks. Effective leadership matters for how well things work at work, how communities survive, how organizations perform, and how they grow. Leadership problems are worldwide and impact all kinds of organizations, no matter how big or complicated they are, in different countries and fields. The research concentrated on examining the impact of two leadership styles identified as autocratic and democratic styles along with the influence of organizational culture on employee engagement and retention. The study conducted an online survey involving 200 professionals employed across four telecommunication companies situated in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, namely Jazz, Ufone, Telenor, and Zong. The collected data was utilized to evaluate the connections outlined in a proposed conceptual framework. The study findings will be useful to HR professionals, managers, decision makers, executives and higher management to all government and private sectors.