Lecturers` leadership style influences voluntary: It is a democratic matter?

Abstract

Leadership characteristics can influence employee motivation to do the task voluntarily. Task accomplished without delay that is beneficial to the organization based on costs savings and increase profit. The employee conforms to the leader who has similari chemistry. Hence, the lecturers will be happy to work with the department head when they like the leadership characteristic. They are willing to do the work voluntarily, particularly non-academic activities. The objective of this study is to examine the lecturers` leadership style influences their volunteers. The sample of this study consists of various departments of the Polytechnic of Tuanku Sultanah Bahiyah. The lecturer is made up of the Department of Commerce (JP), Civil (JKA), Electrical (JKE), Mechanical (JKM), Mathematics, Science and Computing, and General studies The findings show that the lecturers` leadership styles are democratic style rather than autocratic. The lecturers` are interested to involve in the decision-making process has led to voluntary. The lecturer takes full responsibility for the decision because they are part of that.