ISSN: 2306-9007 Shujaat, Riaz & Yasmin (2021) 208 I www.irmbrjournal.com March 2021 International Review of Management and Business Research Vol. 10 Issue.1 R M B R Impact of Decision-Making Styles on Leadership Styles in Business Managers JAWWAD MUHAMMAD SHUJAAT Government Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Degree College Sargodha. Email: azmpakistan786@yahoo.com Tel: +923009604748 MUHAMMAD NAVEED RIAZ Department of Psychology, University of Sargodha. Email: naveed.riaz@uos.edu.pk Tel: +923007714217 HUMAIRA YASMIN Department of Psychology, University of Lahore. Email: humairayasmin7.11@gmail.com Tel: +923339810889 Abstract The present study was sought to examine the role of rational, intuitive, dependent, avoidant, and spontaneous decision styles in the prediction of transformational, transactional, and laissez faire leadership styles. Research questionnaire were Urdu-translated versions of General Decision styles Questionnaire (Scott & Bruce, 1995) and Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (Bass & Avolio, 2000). The sample of the current study consisted of 300 business managers from different regions of Pakistan. Purposive sampling was employed to collect the data. Multiple Regression analysis and Stepwise Regression analysis demonstrated impact of decision styles on leadership styles. Rational and intuitive decision style displayed positive effect and avoidant decision style displayed negative effect on transformational leadership style. Rational, intuitive, and dependent positively predicted transactional leadership style. Avoidant decision style displayed positive effect whereas rational and spontaneous decision style showed negative effect on laissez faire leadership style. The study shed light on the fact that the decisions of the leaders can be used as determining factors to assess their leadership in the business organizations. Keywords: Decision Making Styles, Leadership Styles, Business Managers. Introduction Decision making is the primary activity of the managers in the modern corporate organizations (Williams, 2003). Decision quality of the managers determines their career, rewards, and job satisfaction. Along with these individual outcomes, decisions determine the destiny of the organization (Kreitner & Kinicki, 2006). Today‟s dynamic business environments expect managers to be competent decision makers. A fair share of the organizational performance depends on the managers‟ ability to make fast, smart, widely-supported, and effective decisions. While recognizing the importance of the decision making in organizations, Singh (2001) labels decision making as “total task of the manager”.