RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEADERSHIP STYLES AND JOB SATISFACTION
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEADERSHIP STYLES AND JOB SATISFACTION
By: Praveen Dhiryan501004046
To:Ms. Anmolpreet Kaur
Leadership
Leadership is ultimately about creating a way for people to
contribute to making something extraordinary happen. Effective
leadership is the ability to successfully integrate and maximize
available resources within the internal and external environment
for the attainment of organizational or societal goals.
JOB SATISFACTION
Job satisfaction has been defined as a pleasurable emotional
state resulting from the appraisal of ones job; an affective
reaction to ones job;and an attitude towards ones job.Contentment
(or lack of it) arising out of interplay of employee'spositive and
negative feelings toward his or her work.
References..
Name: The relationship between leadership style and job
satisfaction in organization change and development. Author: Peter
lok University of New south Wales, Kensington, Australia.
A study of relationship between managers leadership style and
employees job satisfaction. Author: Ali Mohammad School of
Management, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, UK. Vol 19
No. 2, 2006
My Research
Objective of research:
The primary objective of this research is to analyze the
relationship between leadership styles with job satisfaction in
L&T company.
The secondary purpose of this study is to help to a matter which
leadership styles have the most positive effect on subordinate job
satisfaction levels within the construction industriesand the
results of this research will allow a betterunderstanding of the
relationship between leadership styles and employee job
satisfaction.
My Research..
The research comprised of comprehensive one to one interview
sessions with eminent personalities from various walks of life who
have either played a role of leader or at present playing the same
Within organization or in personal life.
My Research..
Type of Research : Qualitative Research
Type of Methodology : Interviews
Total No. of People interviewed:50
Total No. of Questions :9
SURVEY PART
1. Employee job satisfaction as measured in terms of pay is
significantly influenced by any of the leadership
sub-variables?
2. Employee job satisfaction as measured in terms of promotion
is significantly influenced by any of the leadership
sub-variables.
3.Employee job satisfaction as measured in terms of supervision
is significantly influenced by the leadership sub-variables.
4. Employee job satisfaction as measured in terms of fringe
benefit is significantly influenced by the leadership
sub-variables.
5. Employee job satisfaction as measured in terms of recognition
is significantly influenced by the leadership sub-variables
6. Employee job satisfaction as measured in terms of operating
procedure is significantly influenced by the leadership
sub-variables.
7. Employee job satisfaction as measured in terms of co-worker
is significantly influenced by the leadership sub-variables.
8. Employee job satisfaction as measured in terms of nature of
the work is significantly influenced by the leadership
sub-variables.
9. Employee job satisfaction as measured in terms of
communication is significantly influenced by the leadership
sub-variables.
Findings
The results show that each leadership style factor will impact
the employee job satisfaction factors differently. All the results
from the hypotheses indicate that the leadership sub-variables
influence all the job satisfaction factor.L&T managers should
give special attention to motivators such as employee recognition,
good working conditions, communication, competitive salaries, and
promotion in order to improve job satisfaction.The presidents of
the L&T should also enhance their knowledge about leadership
styles. This would help them understand how their leading style
influences their employees. They should select the style best
suited to the organizational goals and employees needs and desires.
To ensure higher employee performance, they should act as ethical,
behavioral and working role models and be accepted as such.
Moreover, they should show more respect to their staff.
Another issue raised by the survey is that L&T presidents
should encourage employees to perform special tasks that would
develop their talents and creativity. This would embolden employees
to see the problems within the organization from different angles
and make them more confident and eager to perform the tasks at hand
effectively. It is very important to emphasize that L&T
presidents need to develop suitable resource strategies and apply
them to achieve high level of job satisfaction among employees,
which in return will bring high levels of commitment to the
organization.
Conclusion
As this survey shows, the ideal leadership style in L&T
should be a mix of different-2 managerial abilities, such as
idealized influence, inspirational motivation, and intellectual
stimulation, individualized consideration, and other ingredients
such as creativity, team orientation, appreciation of others,
coaching, and recognition.
