Analyzing the influence of leadership styles on employee’s job satisfaction: in case of Federal Housing Corporation (FHC)
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2024-10
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Addis Ababa University
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This study set out to examine the relationship between leadership styles and work satisfactionamong FHC employees. Both primary and secondary data sources were employed in the study.
Purposive sampling was the method employed in the study to select respondents in order tocollect primary data. A survey structure was used in conjunction with a descriptive and
explanatory approach. The basic data were gathered using the Multifactor LeadershipQuestionnaire (MLQ) and the Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (JSS). A total of 237
questionnaires were sent out, and 92.4% of them were returned. The results indicate that themost common leadership style used in FHC was Transformational, which was followed by
Transactional and Laissez-Faire approaches. Additionally, it was discovered that FHC workerswere often satisfied in their jobs. Employee work satisfaction was positively influenced by
transformational leadership, which was followed by transactional and laissez-faire leadershipstyles. It was also shown that there is a substantial correlation between leadership styles and
total employee job satisfaction at FHC. Therefore, it was suggested that FHC leaders usetransformational styles more often at the current level in order to improve employees' job
satisfaction through their leadership styles. Furthermore, it was suggested that FHC shouldinvolve its staff in decision-making and provide its executives with further transformational styletraining for advanced practices.
Keywords: Transformational Leadership, Transactional Leadership, Laissez-faire leadership,job Satisfaction