THE IMPACT OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP STYLES ON EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION AND JOB SATISFACTION /
Ajiborisa, Yetunde Olubunmi
THE IMPACT OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP STYLES ON EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION AND JOB SATISFACTION / THE MODERATION ROLE OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE (A CASE STUDY OF FLOURISH JOSHUA PRINTING AND PUBLISHING FIRM, NIGERIA) YETUNDE OLUBUNMI AJIBORISA; SUPERVISOR: PROF. DR. MEHMET YEŞILTAŞ - viii, 68 sheets; 31 cm. 1 CD-ROM
Thesis (MBA) - Cyprus International University. Institute of Graduate Studies and Research Business Administration Department
Includes bibliography (sheets 48-58)
ABSTRACT
Organizations constantly seek methods to enhance creativity and innovation in today's
highly competitive business world. Transformational leadership has been deemed to
be an effective leadership style capable of improving employee creative and innovative
ability which is often a result of a high level of employee motivation and job
satisfaction. This study investigates the relationship between transformational
leadership style, employees’ motivation, and job satisfaction, with emotional
intelligence playing a moderating role in this relationship. A quantitative research
method was used, and Primary data was collected using an online survey. The target
population was 213 employees working in a printing and Publishing firm in Nigeria.
157 employees partook in this survey, giving us a response rate of 73.7%. After
exporting data from Excel and analyzing using SPSS, the result showed that there is a
significant relationship between transformational leadership and employee motivation
and job satisfaction, and emotional intelligence does not moderate this relationship.
Although emotional intelligence has a moderately positive impact on job satisfaction
with a beta weight (β) of .332*** which is statistically significant, the interaction term
of transformational leadership style with emotional intelligence has a very weak
negative impact on job satisfaction that is not significant statistically (β=-0.020, t=-
.330, p= 0.742< .05).
The sample size was small and restricted to a geographical location, the study also
collected data from four branches of the same organization (FJWASA), Future
researchers might consider conducting this research across different demographic
regions and ethnic groups using different leadership styles. Researchers should also
consider other possible moderating factors like the employees’ job position, job
autonomy, and income level which may influence their level of motivation and job
satisfaction.
Keywords: Emotional Intelligence, Employee Motivation, Job Satisfaction,
Leadership Styles, Transformational Leadership.
Emotional intelligence--Dissertations, Academic
Employee motivation--Dissertations, Academic
Job satisfaction--Dissertations, Academic
Leadership--Dissertations, Academic
Transformational leadership --Dissertations, Academic
THE IMPACT OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP STYLES ON EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION AND JOB SATISFACTION / THE MODERATION ROLE OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE (A CASE STUDY OF FLOURISH JOSHUA PRINTING AND PUBLISHING FIRM, NIGERIA) YETUNDE OLUBUNMI AJIBORISA; SUPERVISOR: PROF. DR. MEHMET YEŞILTAŞ - viii, 68 sheets; 31 cm. 1 CD-ROM
Thesis (MBA) - Cyprus International University. Institute of Graduate Studies and Research Business Administration Department
Includes bibliography (sheets 48-58)
ABSTRACT
Organizations constantly seek methods to enhance creativity and innovation in today's
highly competitive business world. Transformational leadership has been deemed to
be an effective leadership style capable of improving employee creative and innovative
ability which is often a result of a high level of employee motivation and job
satisfaction. This study investigates the relationship between transformational
leadership style, employees’ motivation, and job satisfaction, with emotional
intelligence playing a moderating role in this relationship. A quantitative research
method was used, and Primary data was collected using an online survey. The target
population was 213 employees working in a printing and Publishing firm in Nigeria.
157 employees partook in this survey, giving us a response rate of 73.7%. After
exporting data from Excel and analyzing using SPSS, the result showed that there is a
significant relationship between transformational leadership and employee motivation
and job satisfaction, and emotional intelligence does not moderate this relationship.
Although emotional intelligence has a moderately positive impact on job satisfaction
with a beta weight (β) of .332*** which is statistically significant, the interaction term
of transformational leadership style with emotional intelligence has a very weak
negative impact on job satisfaction that is not significant statistically (β=-0.020, t=-
.330, p= 0.742< .05).
The sample size was small and restricted to a geographical location, the study also
collected data from four branches of the same organization (FJWASA), Future
researchers might consider conducting this research across different demographic
regions and ethnic groups using different leadership styles. Researchers should also
consider other possible moderating factors like the employees’ job position, job
autonomy, and income level which may influence their level of motivation and job
satisfaction.
Keywords: Emotional Intelligence, Employee Motivation, Job Satisfaction,
Leadership Styles, Transformational Leadership.
Emotional intelligence--Dissertations, Academic
Employee motivation--Dissertations, Academic
Job satisfaction--Dissertations, Academic
Leadership--Dissertations, Academic
Transformational leadership --Dissertations, Academic