Abstract
This study seeks to identify the effect of leadership styles on employee job performance in manufacturing industry in Nigeria: a study of Dufil Prima Foods Plc. Port Harcourt. A quantitative research methodology was used to collect numerical data for analysis and a descriptive statistics was adopted. The study focused on transformative leadership style and transactional leadership style. The study revealed that, the effects of transformation leadership styles on employee’s performance are: higher level of morality and motivation, employees’ growth, employees’ development, promotes new ideology, intelligence and better job performance. The effects of transactional leadership styles on employees’ performance are: creations of corrective and constructive behaviaour, employees’ exportation of rewards for an improve performance and employees’ recognition. It was recommended among others that managers use a composition of transformational leadership and transactional leadership as a core managerial strategy in the organization.
 Keywords: Leader, Leadership Styles, Employee, Job Performance, Manufacturing Industry.
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