Relationship Between Leadership Style And Employee Satisfaction (Dissertation Sample)

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Table of Contents
HYPER13 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc484778555" HYPER14DeclarationHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778555 \h HYPER14iiiHYPER15
List of figures, tables and other materialsHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778556 \h HYPER14viiHYPER15
List of tablesHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778557 \h HYPER14viiiHYPER15
AcknowledgementHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778558 \h HYPER14ixHYPER15
AbstractHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778559 \h HYPER14ixHYPER15
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTIONHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778560 \h HYPER1410HYPER15
1.1 IntroductionHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778561 \h HYPER1410HYPER15
History of the companyHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778562 \h HYPER143HYPER15
1.2 Background of the StudyHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778563 \h HYPER144HYPER15
1.3 Problem definitionHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778564 \h HYPER148HYPER15
1.4 Purpose of the studyHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778565 \h HYPER148HYPER15
1.5 Significance of the StudyHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778566 \h HYPER149HYPER15
1.6 Research ObjectivesHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778567 \h HYPER149HYPER15
1.7 Research QuestionsHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778568 \h HYPER149HYPER15
1.8 Research ScopeHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778569 \h HYPER1410HYPER15
1.9 TerminologiesHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778570 \h HYPER1410HYPER15
1.9.1 LeadershipHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778571 \h HYPER1410HYPER15
1.9.2 Leadership stylesHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778572 \h HYPER1410HYPER15
1.9.3 Employee productivity and satisfactionHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778573 \h HYPER1411HYPER15
1.8 Summary of the ChapterHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778574 \h HYPER1411HYPER15
CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEWHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778575 \h HYPER1411HYPER15
2.1 IntroductionHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778576 \h HYPER1411HYPER15
2.2 What is leadership?HYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778577 \h HYPER1412HYPER15
2.3 Theoretical FrameworkHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778578 \h HYPER1412HYPER15
2.3.1 Herzberg’s two-factor theoryHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778579 \h HYPER1412HYPER15
2.3.2 Leader-member exchange theoryHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778580 \h HYPER1413HYPER15
2.4Leadership and its role in the organizationHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778581 \h HYPER1414HYPER15
2.4.1Roles of leadership in an organizationHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778582 \h HYPER1414HYPER15
2.4.2 Development and empowering of the employeesHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778583 \h HYPER1415HYPER15
2.4.3Building of mutual trust and cooperationHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778584 \h HYPER1415HYPER15
2.4.4Organize and coordinate activitiesHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778585 \h HYPER1415HYPER15
2.4.5Help in the interpretation of the events meaningHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778586 \h HYPER1415HYPER15
2.4.6PlanningHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778587 \h HYPER1416HYPER15
2.4.7LeadingHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778588 \h HYPER1416HYPER15
2.4.8ControllingHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778589 \h HYPER1416HYPER15
2.5 Leadership styleHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778590 \h HYPER1416HYPER15
2.5.1AutocraticHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778591 \h HYPER1417HYPER15
2.5.2Democratic/ ParticipativeHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778592 \h HYPER1418HYPER15
2.5.3Transactional LeadershipHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778593 \h HYPER1418HYPER15
2.5.4TransformationalHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778594 \h HYPER1419HYPER15
2.4.5Laissez-FaireHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778595 \h HYPER1420HYPER15
2.6Employees SatisfactionHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778596 \h HYPER1421HYPER15
2.6.1 Influence of leadership style on employee satisfactionHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778597 \h HYPER1421HYPER15
2.6.2MotivationHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778598 \h HYPER1422HYPER15
2.6.3EfficiencyHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778599 \h HYPER1422HYPER15
2.7 Employee productivityHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778600 \h HYPER1422HYPER15
2.7.1Influence of leadership style on productivityHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778601 \h HYPER1424HYPER15
2.8Summary of the ChapterHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778602 \h HYPER1425HYPER15
CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGYHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778603 \h HYPER1427HYPER15
3.1 IntroductionHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778604 \h HYPER1427HYPER15
3.2 Research designHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778605 \h HYPER1427HYPER15
3.3 PopulationHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778606 \h HYPER1427HYPER15
3.5 Sampling DesignHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778607 \h HYPER1428HYPER15
3.5.1 Sampling frameHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778608 \h HYPER1428HYPER15
3.5.2 Sampling techniqueHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778609 \h HYPER1428HYPER15
3.5.3 Sampling sizeHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778610 \h HYPER1428HYPER15
3.6Data collectionHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778611 \h HYPER1429HYPER15
3.7 Research ProceduresHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778612 \h HYPER1429HYPER15
3.8Data analysisHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778613 \h HYPER1430HYPER15
3.9Ethical considerationsHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778614 \h HYPER1431HYPER15
3.9.1Privacy and confidentialityHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778615 \h HYPER1431HYPER15
ConclusionHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778616 \h HYPER1431HYPER15
CHAPTER 4: ANALYSIS AND INFERENCESHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778617 \h HYPER1433HYPER15
4.1IntroductionHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778618 \h HYPER1433HYPER15
4.2Respondent characteristicsHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778619 \h HYPER1433HYPER15
4.3 Influence of leadership style on employee satisfactionHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778620 \h HYPER1435HYPER15
4.3 Employees perception on the organization commitment and leadership stylesHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778621 \h HYPER1437HYPER15
4.4 Employees feelings on the organization commitment and leadership stylesHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778622 \h HYPER1438HYPER15
4.5 Leadership styles and powerHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778623 \h HYPER1439HYPER15
4.6 Regression Analysis of the FindingsHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778624 \h HYPER1440HYPER15
4.7 ANOVAHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778625 \h HYPER1441HYPER15
4.8 CoefficientHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778626 \h HYPER1442HYPER15
ConclusionHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778627 \h HYPER1443HYPER15
CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND REFLECTIONSHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778628 \h HYPER1444HYPER15
5.1 IntroductionsHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778629 \h HYPER1444HYPER15
5.2 SummaryHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778630 \h HYPER1444HYPER15
5.3 ReflectionsHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778631 \h HYPER1445HYPER15
5.3.1 Employee perception on the organization commitment and leadership stylesHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778632 \h HYPER1445HYPER15
5.3.2 Employees feelings on the organization commitment and leadership stylesHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778633 \h HYPER1446HYPER15
5.3.3 Leadership styles and powerHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778634 \h HYPER1447HYPER15
5.4 Limitations of the studyHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778635 \h HYPER1448HYPER15
5.5 Study RecommendationsHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778636 \h HYPER1448HYPER15
5.6 Chapter summaryHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778637 \h HYPER1449HYPER15
ReferencesHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778638 \h HYPER1451HYPER15
Appendices:HYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc484778639 \h HYPER1457HYPER15
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List of figures, tables and other materials
HYPER13 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc429957853" HYPER14Figure 4.1: GenderHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc429957853 \h HYPER1433HYPER15
Figure 4.2: Age of RespondentsHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc429957854 \h HYPER1434HYPER15
Figure 4.3: Influence of leadership style on employee satisfactionHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc429957855 \h HYPER1435HYPER15
Figure 4.4: Influnce of leadership style on productivityHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc429957856 \h HYPER1436HYPER15
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List of tables
HYPER13 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc429958148" HYPER14Table 1: Conceptual Framework37
Table 4.1: Employees perception on the organization commitment and leadership stylesHYPER13 PAGEREF _Toc429958149 \h HYPER1438HYPER15
Table 4.2: Employes feelings on the organization commitment and leadership styles40
Table 4.3:Leadership styles and power40
Table 44:Regression Analysis of the findings 40
Table 4.4: ANOVA41
Table 4.5: Co-efficient42
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Acknowledgement
I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude to a number of individuals and scholars who were particularly very instrumental in the completion of the study and thanks to God for his unlimited grace. First, I am indebted to my supervisor …………., lecturer in the department of […………………...] who rendered valuable judgment at the adequacy of the study. I appreciate his wise guidance, creative thinking, encouragement and kindly scholarly criticism with effective correction; which made the study enjoyable. Without this inspiration the study would not have taken shape.
My sincere gratitude also goes to the respondents who took their time to fill in the questionnaires and provided us with the relevant information that addressed our research objectives. Many thanks to the [……………….] for the library materials that supported in search for knowledge throughout the entire study; with the current technology research was made even lighter, easy and more enjoyable.
My heartfelt gratitude goes to […………….] for their wise guidance, c...