Linking transformational leadership with job satisfaction: the mediating roles of trust and team cohesiveness

Siswanto, Siswanto ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0190-627X and Yuliana, Indah (2022) Linking transformational leadership with job satisfaction: the mediating roles of trust and team cohesiveness. Journal of Management Development. ISSN 0262-1711

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Abstract

Purpose – The study aims to investigate the roles of trust and team cohesiveness as mediating variables to transmit the effect of transformational leadership dimensions on job satisfaction.

Design/methodology/approach – The study employs a quantitative approach with 405 respondents as the samples. The respondents are teachers and staff of schools in East Java, Indonesia. The data are analyzed using partial least square (PLS).

Findings – Trust and team cohesiveness fully mediate the relationship between idealized influences on job satisfaction. Besides, idealized influence, inspirational motivation and individualized consideration directly affect job satisfaction.

Research limitations/implications – The relationship between transformational leadership and employee job satisfaction in educational institutions has been rarely explored. The study contributes to the literature on the role of trust and team cohesiveness in transmitting the effect of transformational leadership dimensions on job satisfaction of school employees.

Practical implications – To increase employee job satisfaction at schools, principals need to be highly concerned about trust in the leader–follower relationship. Therefore, principals are responsible for responding to the followers’ needs and aspirations and caring for followers.

Originality/value – The significance of the result findings lies in the detailed model that transmits the direct and indirect effect of the transformational leadership dimensions on job satisfaction.

Item Type: Journal Article
Keywords: job satisfaction; team cohesiveness; transformational leadership; trust
Subjects: 15 COMMERCE, MANAGEMENT, TOURISM AND SERVICES > 1503 Business and Management > 150305 Human Resources Management
15 COMMERCE, MANAGEMENT, TOURISM AND SERVICES > 1503 Business and Management > 150311 Organisational Behaviour
Divisions: Faculty of Economics > Department of Islamic Banking
Depositing User: Siswanto Siswanto
Date Deposited: 24 Mar 2022 10:08

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