The mediating role of adaptability cultural trait approach on transformational leadership style and job satisfaction in the work environment: A study on Malaysian GLCs
2013-10,
Arman Hadi Abdul Manaf,
Muhammad Shahar Jusoh,
Mohammad Harith Amlus,
Mohd. Suberi Ab. Halim
This study investigates the relationships between transformational leadership
style, organizational culture, and attitudinal outcomes of job satisfaction of
organizational members. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis is used to
investigate the relationships between transformational leadership style, the
mediating effect of organizational culture, and level of job satisfaction of
organizational members. This study was conducted among corporate members
at the mid-managerial levels in selected Government-linked companies (GLCs)
under the GLC Transformation Programme (GTP), which are listed in Bursa
Malaysia. The results showed that adaptability cultural trait has positively
mediated the link between transformational leadership style and job satisfaction
of members at their workplace. Traits in the culture practiced in an organization
through leadership is the main element to design and to strategize on the way an
organization works to deliver tangible and sustainable results in the future.This
study contributes to the dynamics of the causative relations between the selected
variables,and highlights the important role of transformational leadership and
organizational culture in ascertaining the job satisfaction of corporate
membersin the Malaysian context.