Effect of Transformational Leadership Style on Job Satisfaction of University Teachers
Keywords:
Transformation leadership style, Individual consideration, Idealized influence, Inspirational motivation, Intellectual stimulation, Job satisfaction
Abstract
Leadership style is the general way a leader behaves towards his subordinates for attaining objectives. Leadership styles play very important role in the success of an organization. Objectives of the study were (i) To find out the level of transformational leadership style of head of the departments. (ii) To identify the level of job satisfaction of university teachers. (iii) To find out the effect of transformational leadership style of department heads on job satisfaction of teachers. As the nature of the research was quantitative, survey method was used for investigating about effect of transformational leadership style on job satisfaction of university teachers. Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire and Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire were used. The population of the study comprised of teaching faculty of public and private universities in Islamabad Pakistan. By using convenient sampling technique 150 teachers were selected from three universities. Thus, the aim of this study was to examine the effect of transformational leadership on job satisfaction of university teachers. The result showed there is a positive significant effect of Transformational leadership style on Job Satisfaction of university teachers. Moreover, the Idealized influence found a highest impact on Job satisfaction than other Transformational Leadership dimensions. Universities should pay more attention to Transformational Leadership and improve the leader's characteristics among university leaders to enhance the Job Satisfaction of university teachers.
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Alghamdi, M. G., Topp, R., & AlYami, M. S. (2018). The effect of gender on transformational leadership and job satisfaction among Saudi nurses. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 74(1), 119-127.
Alghamdi, M. G., Topp, R., & AlYami, M. S. (2018). The effect of gender on transformational leadership and job satisfaction among Saudi nurses. Journal of advanced nursing, 74(1), 119-127.
Avci, A. (2015). Investigation of transformational and transactional leadership styles of school principals, and evaluation of them in terms of educational administration. Educational Research and Reviews, 10(20), 2758-2767.
Avolio, B. J., Bass, B. M., & Jung, D. I. (1999). Re-examining the components of transformational and transactional leadership using the Multifactor Leadership. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 72(4), 441-462. https://doi.org/10.1348/096317999166789
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Bass, B. M. (1985). Leadership: Good, better, best. Organizational Dynamics, 13(3), 26-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/0090-2616(85)90028-2
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Bass, B. M., & Avolio, B. J. (1993). Transformational leadership and organizational culture. Public Administration Quarterly, 112-121.
Bass, B. M., & Riggio, R. E. (2006). Transformational leadership. Psychology press.
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Bass, B. M. (1998). Transformational leadership. USA: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
Bayram, H. & Dinç, S. (2015). Role of transformational leadership on employee’s job satisfaction: The case of private universities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. European Researcher, 4, 270-281.
Burns, J. M. (1978). Transformational leadership and attachment. New York, NY: Harper & Row Leadership Quarter.
Coleman, J. E., Friedman, A., Waldron, W. L., Bieniosek, F. M., Briggs, R. J., Grote, D. P., ... & Yu, S. S. (2007). Beam experiments on the pulse line ion accelerator. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 577(1-2), 197-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2007.02.053
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Eliyana, A., & Ma’arif, S. Muzakki.(2019). Job satisfaction and organizational commitment effect in the transformational leadership towards employee performance. European Research on Management and Business Economics, 25(2019), 144-150.
Gill, A. S., Flaschner, A. B., & Shachar, M. (2006). Mitigating stress and burnout by implementing transformational leadership. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management.
Hulin, C. L., & Judge, T. A. (2003). Job attitudes.
Locke, E. A., & Latham, G. P. (1990). A theory of goal setting & task performance. Prentice-Hall, Inc.
Malik, M. E., Nawab, S., Naeem, B., & Danish, R. Q. (2010). Job satisfaction and organizational commitment of university teachers in public sector of Pakistan. International Journal of Business and Management, 5(6), 17.
Moorman, R. H., Niehoff, B. P., & Organ, D. W. (1993). Treating employees fairly and organizational citizenship behavior: Sorting the effects of job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and procedural justice. Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, 6(3), 209-225.
Munir, F., Nielsen, K., Garde, A. H., Albertsen, K., & Carneiro, I. G. (2012). Mediating the effects of work–life conflict between transformational leadership and health-care workers’ job satisfaction and psychological wellbeing. Journal of Nursing Management, 20(4), 512-521. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2834.2011.01308.x
Munir, F., Nielsen, K., Garde, A. H., Albertsen, K., & Carneiro, I. G. (2012). Mediating the effects of work–life conflict between transformational leadership and health-care workers’ job satisfaction and psychological wellbeing. Journal of Nursing Management, 20(4), 512-521. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2834.2011.01308.x
Nazim, F. (2016). Principals' Transformational and Transactional Leadership Style and Job Satisfaction of College Teachers. Journal of Education and Practice, 7(34), 18-22.
Northouse, L. L., Katapodi, M. C., Song, L., Zhang, L., & Mood, D. W. (2010). Interventions with family caregivers of cancer patients: Meta-analysis of randomized trials. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 60(5), 317-339. https://doi.org/10.3322/caac.20081
Sadeghi, A., & Pihie, Z. A. L. (2013). The role of transformational leadership style in enhancing lecturers’ job satisfaction. International Journal of Business and Social Science, 4(8), 264-271.
Spector, P. E. (1985). Measurement of human service staff satisfaction: Development of the Job Satisfaction Survey. American Journal of Community Psychology, 13(6), 693.
Torlak, N. G., & Kuzey, C. (2019). Leadership, job satisfaction and performance links in private education institutes of Pakistan. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management.
Vareilles, G., Pommier, J., Marchal, B., & Kane, S. (2017). Understanding the performance of community health volunteers involved in the delivery of health programmes in underserved areas: A realist synthesis. Implementation Science, 12(1), 1-12.
Yaghoubipoor, A., Tee, O. P., & Ahmed, E. M. (2013). Impact of the relationship between transformational and traditional leadership styles on Iran's automobile industry job satisfaction. World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development.
Published
2022-01-22
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Sabiha Bibi, Dr. Wajiha Kanwal, & Khalida Parveen. (2022). Effect of Transformational Leadership Style on Job Satisfaction of University Teachers. Journal of Management Practices, Humanities and Social Sciences, 6(1), 63-71. https://doi.org/10.33152/jmphss-6.1.7
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