LEADING ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA: EXPLORING LEADERMEMBER EXCHANGE (LMX) AND FOLLOWERSHIP PARTICIPATION

This study proposes a Leader-member exchange(LMX)/followership participation framework for enhancing performance in Nigerian organisations. Nigerian organisations have been characterized by a lack of an organisational framework for performance improvement,lack of commitment on the part of organisational leaders and followers, lack of adherence to anorganisational framework, weak enforcement and monitoring systems, and lack of a cordial relationshipare major causes of such inadequacies.This study explores the aspect of LMX and followers participation as a measure for a performance increase. Some 184 questionnaires were received from respondents across organisations in Nigeria. Factor analysis and correlation were adopted to determine strong attributes for LMX and followership participation, and hence led to a frameworkcapable of increasing the relationship between leaders and followers when engaged on business in organisational performance.