Abstract:
This study aims to identify the relationship between the directive and supportive leadership styles and the team
cohesiveness if any. The identified research problem is whether there is any relationship between leadership styles
and team cohesiveness exists in the public sector organizations in Sri Lanka? Accordingly three objectives of the
study are; to identify the relationship between directive leadership style and team cohesiveness, to identify the
relationship between supportive leadership style and team cohesiveness and to identify which leadership is highly
impact to develop team cohesiveness. The selected sample consists of 73 non managerial employees of public
sector, those who employed in various public sector institutions in the Colombo district in Sri Lanka. A
questionnaire was used to collect primary data, from the sample. The Person correlation analysis was used to data
analysis and hypothesis testing. According to the correlation results, both directive and supportive leadership styles
have indicated positive relationship with team cohesiveness, but supportive leadership has a strong relationship with
the team cohesiveness.
