The Impact of leadership Styles on Employees’ Job Satisfaction in Salale University
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2019-04
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Addis Ababa University
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The present study aimed at identifying the influence of leadership styles on employees’ job satisfaction in Salale University. The questionnaires were distributed to 225 sample employees of the study and 203 were returned and used for analysis. Expla natory survey design using quantitative method was used. The participants of the study were selected using simple random sampling technique. The descriptive result indicates that transactional leadership style was the most frequently used by the leaders of SU. Correlation result shows each dimension of leadership style has positive and significant relationship with employees’ job satisfaction. On the other hand, multiple regression result shows, all dimension of leadership style have statistically significant and positive influence on employees’ job satisfaction. The study recommends that Ministry of education ought to design to leadership development programs for the leaders, leaders of the university need to pay attention to communication, both formal and informal, and leaders should not stick to only one form of leadership style. They should therefore find the appropriate combinations of the leadership styles that would achieve the organizational goals together with the individual targets or objectives of the employees.
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A thesis submitted to Addis Ababa University College of business and economics in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MSC in quality management and organizational excellence.
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Laissez-faire, Employees’ job satisfaction, Leadership Style