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Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Quantitative Psychology

2018

Job Satisfaction

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Effects Of The Authentic Leadership Style On Job Satisfaction In Subordinate Employees, Theodosia Yvette Pope Jan 2018

Effects Of The Authentic Leadership Style On Job Satisfaction In Subordinate Employees, Theodosia Yvette Pope

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Prior studies examined the importance of good leadership skills for those in leadership positions; however, this study addressed a gap in literature regarding how leadership characteristics in supervised employees can impact job satisfaction. The purpose of this quantitative study was to assess the influence of authentic leadership on leader, coworker, task, and general job satisfaction. Authentic leadership emerged from the theory of positive psychology which surmises that self-growth coincides with a focus on the development of others and is based on the premise that individual improvement is gained by focusing on positive personality aspects. Online recruitment using a participant pool …


Stress And Job Satisfaction In Career College Criminal Justice Department Heads, Sherria Nicole King Jan 2018

Stress And Job Satisfaction In Career College Criminal Justice Department Heads, Sherria Nicole King

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

There has been a significant amount of research on the impact of stress and job satisfaction amongst employees in a multitude of professional settings, including the criminal justice and higher education field. Yet, information on criminal justice professionals who work in more untraditional types of higher education institutions, such as career colleges, was lacking. The purpose of this quantitative research study was to examine whether there is a significant relationship between stress, job satisfaction, and being employed as a criminal justice department head within a career college institution and compare whether heads of other departments within career college institutions differ …