Clement, Christopher Chukwuemeka <br/><br/>
THE IMPACT OF TRANSFORMATIONAL AND TRANSACTIONAL LEADERSHIP ON EMPLOYEE JOB SATISFACTION IN ABUJA RESTAURANTS / 
CHRISTOPHER CHUKWUEMEKA CLEMENT; SUPERVISOR: PROF. DR. TARIK ATAN 
 - 58 sheets;  31 cm.  Includes CD 
<br/><br/>Thesis (MBA) - Cyprus International University. Institute of Graduate Studies and Research Business Administration Department 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliography (sheets 50-55) 
<br/><br/> ABSTRACT<br/>The importance of high-performing employees cannot be overstated in any business <br/>organization, which puts pressure on them to create a supportive atmosphere by <br/>ensuring that elements like leadership style motivate employees to perform and <br/>provide their best work. Some of the detrimental elements impacting the performance <br/>of employees in Nigeria include inappropriate leadership and a lack of enthusiasm. <br/>Corporations are always in search of great leaders that can guide them to success. Due <br/>to the fact that organizations are attempting to uncover the traits and behaviors<br/>associated with the finest leaders, a lot of work has been put into learning how they <br/>function. However, both transactional and transformative leadership will be <br/>considered for the study.<br/>The study examined the level and occurrence of transactional and transformative <br/>leadership styles as well as their effects on job satisfaction among Abuja restaurants' <br/>staff members. 172 questionnaires were collected from 200 distributed questionnaires <br/>as part of a descriptive survey. The statistical techniques adopted for this study are <br/>inferential and descriptive techniques. The relationship between leadership styles and <br/>employee job satisfaction was evaluated using Pearson correlation. While regression <br/>analysis was utilized to compare how the leadership style affected the job satisfaction <br/>of the workforce. According to the study's findings, managers and supervisors at <br/>restaurants in Abuja tend to practice transformational leadership more frequently than <br/>transactional leadership. The use of transactional leadership style had a weak negative <br/>correlation with employee job satisfaction, whereas the use of transformational <br/>leadership style had a high positive correlation with employee job satisfaction. Finally,<br/>it was discovered that compared to transactional leadership, transformational <br/>leadership had a stronger influence on employees' work satisfaction. But not only that <br/>is statistically significant unlike transactional leadership styles that is not statistically <br/>significant. This result implies that managers in Abuja restaurants Nigeria, should <br/>focus on values of their staff and assist them in aligning their values with that of the <br/>organization because transformational leaders motivate their subordinate to <br/>accomplish more. Also, by understanding the effect of transformational leadership <br/>styles initiative on these results, transformational leaders can impact worker conduct <br/>with the goal that the way of behaving emphatically affects the organization.<br/>Keywords: Employee job satisfaction; Leadership style; Transactional leadership; <br/>Transformational leadership. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Job satisfaction--Dissertations, Academic<br/>Leadership--Dissertations, Academic