Does Multiple Leadership Styles Mediated by Job Satisfaction Influence Better Business Performance? Perception of MNC Employees in Malaysia

One of the biggest challenges facing leaders today is the need to develop new business models that stress on effective leadership styles, employee job satisfaction and sustainability without sacrificing the financial and non-financial performance. The objective of this study is to examine the relati...

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Main Authors: Kader Ali Noor Nasir, Tang Song Yee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2016-01-01
Series:SHS Web of Conferences
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20162302005
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description One of the biggest challenges facing leaders today is the need to develop new business models that stress on effective leadership styles, employee job satisfaction and sustainability without sacrificing the financial and non-financial performance. The objective of this study is to examine the relationship between leadership styles and business performance of multinational companies operating in Malaysia mediated by job satisfaction. A quantitative study, using self-administered structured questionnaire, are issued using purposive sampling via direct distribution to 150 employees working in MNC. Analysis using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) and Partial Least Square (PLS) indicated that spiritual leadership style has the highest significant influence on job satisfaction, followed by authentic leadership style, transformational leadership style, and transactional leadership style. In addition, job satisfaction has a mediating effect on the relationship between each of the leadership styles, namely, transactional, transformational, authentic, and spiritual on business performance.
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spelling doaj.art-694346993777463daaa78c59885b15fe2022-12-21T22:11:43ZengEDP SciencesSHS Web of Conferences2261-24242016-01-01230200510.1051/shsconf/20162302005shsconf_psu2016_02005Does Multiple Leadership Styles Mediated by Job Satisfaction Influence Better Business Performance? Perception of MNC Employees in MalaysiaKader Ali Noor Nasir0Tang Song Yee1Graduate School of Business, Universiti Sains MalaysiaGraduate School of Business, Universiti Sains MalaysiaOne of the biggest challenges facing leaders today is the need to develop new business models that stress on effective leadership styles, employee job satisfaction and sustainability without sacrificing the financial and non-financial performance. The objective of this study is to examine the relationship between leadership styles and business performance of multinational companies operating in Malaysia mediated by job satisfaction. A quantitative study, using self-administered structured questionnaire, are issued using purposive sampling via direct distribution to 150 employees working in MNC. Analysis using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) and Partial Least Square (PLS) indicated that spiritual leadership style has the highest significant influence on job satisfaction, followed by authentic leadership style, transformational leadership style, and transactional leadership style. In addition, job satisfaction has a mediating effect on the relationship between each of the leadership styles, namely, transactional, transformational, authentic, and spiritual on business performance.http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20162302005Leadership StylesBusiness Performance Job SatisfactionNew Leadership FrameworkMalaysia
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Does Multiple Leadership Styles Mediated by Job Satisfaction Influence Better Business Performance? Perception of MNC Employees in Malaysia
SHS Web of Conferences
Leadership Styles
Business Performance Job Satisfaction
New Leadership Framework
Malaysia
title Does Multiple Leadership Styles Mediated by Job Satisfaction Influence Better Business Performance? Perception of MNC Employees in Malaysia
title_full Does Multiple Leadership Styles Mediated by Job Satisfaction Influence Better Business Performance? Perception of MNC Employees in Malaysia
title_fullStr Does Multiple Leadership Styles Mediated by Job Satisfaction Influence Better Business Performance? Perception of MNC Employees in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Does Multiple Leadership Styles Mediated by Job Satisfaction Influence Better Business Performance? Perception of MNC Employees in Malaysia
title_short Does Multiple Leadership Styles Mediated by Job Satisfaction Influence Better Business Performance? Perception of MNC Employees in Malaysia
title_sort does multiple leadership styles mediated by job satisfaction influence better business performance perception of mnc employees in malaysia
topic Leadership Styles
Business Performance Job Satisfaction
New Leadership Framework
Malaysia
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20162302005
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