The Impact of Leadership Styles on Job Satisfaction and Mediating Role of Perceived Organizational Politics

By Hina Saleem. 2015

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Abstract The present study aims to investigate the impact of leadership styles on job satisfaction and to see if perceived organizational politics has a mediating role or not. In this study descriptive research design was used and a quantitative research was conducted. The sample of this study was selected through non-probability convenience sampling. Research finding revealed that transformational leadership has a positive impact on job satisfaction and transactional leadership has a negative impact on job satisfaction. Findings also suggest that, perceived organizational politics partially mediate the relationship between both leadership styles and job satisfaction.

Subfields: Human Factors and Ergonomics, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Strategy and Management

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In Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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2. Rudsada Kaewsaeng‐on
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Citations in the corpus

• Perceived Organizational Politics and Age, Interactive Effects on Job Outcomes (2020, background): “Absence of justice can lead to organizational politics, hence leading toward strange attitudes and behaviors (Saleem, 2015).”
• Transformational Leadership, Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment, and Turnover Intentions: The Direct Effects among Bank Representatives (2017, unknown): “Reference [24] analysis linked transformational leadership with employee job satisfaction.”