LEADERSHIP STYLE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE LEVEL OF JOB SATISFACTION IN THE JENIN HEALTH DIRECTORATE
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2022-11-10
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Haneen Zohair Yousef Obead
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Introduction: Leadership represents the backbone of the managerial process because it is linked to the effectiveness and efficiency of the leadership process to achieve the desired goals and retain employees.
Aims: To investigate the relationship between perceived managerial leadership style of employees in Jenin Health Directorate and job satisfaction.
Methods: A cross-sectional study used a questionnaire containing the multi-factor leadership and job satisfaction scales as the study tool. The study was conducted between November 3, 2021, and January 17, 2022. Scores of the groups were compared using t-tests and analysis of variance (ANOVA) as appropriate. Multiple linear regression models were used to control the confounding variables, and correlations were investigated using Pearson's correlation coefficients.
Result: Of the 357 employees invited, 322 returned usable questionnaires, giving a response rate of 90.1%. The majority (58.1%) of the employees were female, in age between 41 and 60 years (60.5%), had a bachelor's degree or higher (64.9%), and had an experience of fewer than 20 years (63.0%). The overall Cronbach's alpha of the multi-factor leadership scale was 0.82, and the overall Cronbach's alpha of the job satisfaction scale was 0.90. Job satisfaction positively correlated with perceived transformational, democratic, and transactional leadership styles. On the other hand, job satisfaction is negatively correlated with a perceived dictatorial leadership style.
Conclusion: The current research investigated the relationship between the perceived managerial leadership styles (democratic leadership, dictatorial leadership, Laissez-Faire leadership, transformational leadership, and transactional leadership) and the level of job satisfaction in Jenin Health Directorate. The findings showed that job satisfaction positively correlated with perceived transformational, democratic, and transactional leadership styles. On the other hand, job satisfaction is negatively correlated with a perceived dictatorial leadership style. Administrative flexibility is recommended to choose the most appropriate leadership style based on the nature of the circumstances and the existing situation and not stick to one leadership style.
Keywords: Job Satisfaction; Leadership Style; Transformational Leadership.