The mediating role of resources A quantitative dyadic study concerning the role of self-efficacy and job autonomy in the relationship between leadership and job satisfaction
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2022-06-21
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This study aimed to examine the mediating role of a personal and a job resource in the relationship between leadership and job satisfaction. Specifically, the mediating role of self-efficacy and job autonomy were studied in the relationship between transformational leadership and job satisfaction and abusive supervision and job satisfaction. This study was based on a new stream within the Job Demands-Resources theory, which concerns the influence of leadership on resources. A dyadic cross-sectional survey was spread amongst Dutch supervisors and employees, resulting in a sample of 125 dyads. Transformational leadership had a positive influence on job satisfaction, whereas abusive supervision had a negative influence on job satisfaction. Furthermore, job autonomy positively mediated the relationship between transformational leadership and job satisfaction. Moreover, job autonomy had a higher explanatory power in both models in comparison to self-efficacy. The results of this study demonstrated the vital influence of a positive leadership style on the job satisfaction of employees and the crucial role job autonomy, in other words a job resource, plays in this relationship. Future research is needed to discover more about the mediating role of various resources, and demands, in different types of leadership styles.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen