The relationship among Transactional Leadership, Leader Trust and Job Satisfaction and how these three different variables are related and influence each other with in an organization or company

Abstract

Leadership is an essential component of an organization as it influences the organization’s ability to fulfill its mission and achieve its goals. Leadership is vital as it affects employees in various areas that may influence their ability to perform their professional duties. Leadership is aligned with the success of an organization and impacts the motivation of employees on their achievement to successfully accomplish the institution’s goal. The purpose of this study was to better understand the relationship between transactional leadership and the following variables: employees’ job satisfaction and leader trust in such setting. The researcher used a quantitative non-experimental approach. A sample size of 50 participants was recruited to take part in the study. Data was collected through the questionnaires that were distributed to the different employees with in Makerere University. Data analysis was conducted through IBM SPSS (Version 26) and hypothesis tested was analyzed using Pearson Product-Moment correlations. The more transactional leadership style was used, the greater the feeling of job satisfaction by the employees. Additionally, increased values in leader trust also correspond to greater levels of job satisfaction by the employees.