Leadership styles and labor engagement in credit analysts of the financial sector in Arequipa

Abstract

Objective. Determine the relationship between "leadership styles" and "work engagement" of credit analysts in companies in the financial sector in Arequipa, 2020.. Methods. A basic study was carried out, with a correlational scope and a non-experimental-cross-sectional design. The population consisted of 268 credit analysts and the non-probabilistic sampling was used to establish the sample that was set at 253 credit analysts. The technique used was the survey and the instruments were the CELID-A questionnaire and the UWES scale. Results. The results show that the transactional leadership style is significantly related to a high level of "work engagement" (p-value = 0.00). Laissez faire leadership style is significantly related to a low level of "work engagement" (0.01) and transformational leadership style is not related to "work engagement" (0.13). Conclution. There is a relationship between “leadership styles” and “work engagement” of credit analysts in companies in the financial sector.