Effective leadership plays a vital role in guiding the behavior of organizational members toward achieving organizational goals. Behavioral leadership theories suggest that organizations can develop effective leaders by adopting specific leadership behaviors. To identify which leadership style is more effective, a study on leadership styles was conducted in the state of Iowa. A closed-ended questionnaire was administered to collect data from 160 employees working in Islamic banks located in three major cities of Sindh. SPSS software was used to analyze the data, employing methods such as Pearson correlation, descriptive statistics, and chi-square tests. The findings showed that democratic leadership and laissez-faire leadership styles were associated with higher employee commitment. Job satisfaction and organizational citizenship behavior were more prominent in the democratic leadership style, while deviant workplace behaviors were associated with autocratic leadership. The study showed that leadership styles did not have a significant impact on productivity. Autocratic leadership was associated with regularity, and laissez-faire leadership was associated with commitment, but neither style positively influenced other work behaviors. Based on these results, the study suggests that democratic leadership is the most preferred style that has a positive impact on employees' work behaviors in Islamic banks.
