A manager’s leadership style will definitely influence working motivation and automatically encourage the performance of the employees. The purpose of this study was to figure out (1) the leadership style found in Mandala Finance of Majene branch office; (2) employees’ motivation in working for Mandala Finance of Majene, and (3) whether there is the influence of leadership style on employee motivation of Mandala Finance of Majene. This study used qualitative and quantitative approaches that describe some phenomena of leadership style and working motivation as well as the influence of leadership on motivation found in Mandala Finance of Majene. Research sample was 37 employees. Data analysis technique used in this study was Smail & Huberman’s interactive model (dalam Sodiyono 2012). (1). Of three leadership styles studied here, showed that most of the respondents agreed with the democratic leadership style as the most appropriate one used in Mandala Finance of Majene. (2) Five items used as questions related to motivation indicators have inferred that most of the respondents have high working motivation as a result of democratic leadership style application in Mandala Finance of Majene. (3) The influence of leadership style on employee’s motivation in Mandala Finance of Majene has been categorized as quite well. Study results show that through t.test, the t.count was 6.788 and t.table was 2.026. When being compared between t.count and t.table at significance level of 5% thus t.count(6.788) > t.table (2.026), means that Ha was accepted and Ho was rejected. Therefore, the study result reveals that the leadership style has positive influence on the employee working motivation in Mandala Finance of Majene.
