Abstract

This study was carried out to examine transformational leadership and team performance of deposit money banks using Union Bank in Port Harcourt, Rivers State as a case study. The study was carried out to determine whether there is a relationship between transformational leadership style and team performance deposit money banks, also to find out the extents transformational leadership style is accepted among deposit money banks, thirdly to investigate whether transformational leadership style promotes better team cooperation in deposit money banks and lastly to find out whether transformational leadership style improves team commitment and productivity in deposit money banks. The survey design was adopted using simple random sampling techniques. The population of 57 respondents and sample size comprises of 55 selected staff of Union Bank in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.Self-constructed and validated questionnaire was used for data collection. The collected and validated questionnaires were analyzed using frequency tables. While the hypotheses were tested using Pearson Correlation statistical tool, SPSS v23. The result of the findings revealed that there is a relationship between transformational leadership style and team performance deposit money banks. The study also revealed that transformational leadership style improves team commitment and organizational productivity in deposit money banks in Port Harcourt. Therefore, it is recommended that the managers of the deposit money banks should display a transformational leadership style which inspires the employees as such will help enhance the engagement of the employees for effective performance