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The Correlation Between Employee Job Satisfaction And Leadership Style By Leadership Personnel In Massage Businesses, Veronica Henry Jan 2019

The Correlation Between Employee Job Satisfaction And Leadership Style By Leadership Personnel In Massage Businesses, Veronica Henry

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Job satisfaction plays a significant role in employee retention outcomes. Therefore, examining factors that contribute to employee job satisfaction is vital to formulating and implementing effective organizational protocols that increase job satisfaction, employee retention, and overall business performance. This study was designed to examine the relationship between leadership style and job satisfaction in massage-based businesses. The research question was as follows: Is there a relationship between job satisfaction and leadership style in massage businesses in Columbia, SC? This study utilized three primary leadership styles: transformational, transactional, and passive/ avoidant. The research question was answered through a quantitative correlational analysis of …


The Link Between Leadership Style And Job Satisfaction In The Don Civilian Workforce, Richard Grimm Jan 2018

The Link Between Leadership Style And Job Satisfaction In The Don Civilian Workforce, Richard Grimm

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This study analyzed job satisfaction as it relates to employees within the Department of the Navy in an effort to better understand the role that supervisory leadership plays in improving or degrading employee job satisfaction. Multiple interviews were conducted with current and former employees in order to gainer deeper understanding of the experiences of these employees. The results indicate that styles such as servant leadership and transformational are seen as having a more positive impact on employee job satisfaction than other styles including trait and transaction. The researcher developed numerous themes based on data analysis including reference to these styles …


A Quantitative Examination Of The Relationship Between Perceived Burnout And Job Satisfaction In Certified Public Accountants, Tanya Haddad Dec 2017

A Quantitative Examination Of The Relationship Between Perceived Burnout And Job Satisfaction In Certified Public Accountants, Tanya Haddad

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Burnout in accounting is a significant problem that has numerous impacts on organizational effectiveness. Job burnout is the result of prolonged exposure to workload pressure and excessive job demands. As accounting professionals work in a fast-paced and regulated environment, it is important to better understand whether burnout is related to job dissatisfaction within the industry. Employee dissatisfaction can adversely affect organizational change, impacting job performance, turnover intentions, and work attitudes. Organizations need to recognize the negative impacts of burnout in accounting and address ways to increase job satisfaction and workplace productivity. The purpose of this quantitative research was to investigate …


A Quantitative Examination Of The Relationship Between Perceived Job Satisfaction And Organizational Commitment In Small Business Employees In The Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area, Tammy Brown May 2017

A Quantitative Examination Of The Relationship Between Perceived Job Satisfaction And Organizational Commitment In Small Business Employees In The Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area, Tammy Brown

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The Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) has an average turnover that exceeds the national and regional average. Organizational turnover unfavorably influences productivity and has the potential to adversely affect, not only the Lynchburg MSA, but also the regional, state, and national economy. This quantitative non-experimental, correlational research examined the relationship between perceived job satisfaction and organizational commitment in the Lynchburg MSA. The results of this research supports earlier research and demonstrated a statistically significant positive relationship existed between perceived job satisfaction and organizational commitment in small business employees in the Lynchburg MSA. The results may serve as beneficial to small …


A Quantitative Examination Of The Relationship Between Leadership Practices And Leadership Effectiveness In Personal Care Aide Job Satisfaction And Turnover And Customer Satisfaction In The Home Healthcare Industry, William Travis Hodge Apr 2017

A Quantitative Examination Of The Relationship Between Leadership Practices And Leadership Effectiveness In Personal Care Aide Job Satisfaction And Turnover And Customer Satisfaction In The Home Healthcare Industry, William Travis Hodge

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This non-experimental quantitative correlational research examined the relationship between the leadership practices of workers in the home healthcare industry who manage Personal Care Aide (PCA) employees, and leadership performance effectiveness (metrics) of PCA job satisfaction, PCA employee turnover, as well as the customer satisfaction for home healthcare clients who received services delivered by PCA employees. The problem that is addressed by the research is the lack of home healthcare leaders who understand and adopt leadership practices for enhancing PCA job satisfaction, PCA employee turnover, and PCA services customer satisfaction, amid the expanding U.S. home healthcare industry. Leadership practices were based …