The mediating effect of employee’s job satisfaction on the relationship between transformational leadership style and employee well-being among Malaysian academics

Tengku Mohd Azzman, Tengku Siti Aisha and A. Manaf, Aini Maznina and Syed Abdullah Idid, Syed Arabi and Abd Manan, Kamaruzzaman (2020) The mediating effect of employee’s job satisfaction on the relationship between transformational leadership style and employee well-being among Malaysian academics. Human Communication Journal, 3 (1). pp. 18-35. E-ISSN 2636-9206

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Abstract

An effective leadership style might be a key variable in ensuring that employees thrive and remain happy at the workplace, in addition to working experience. However, an employee’s well-being may also depend on their working experience, and if they are able to achieve an optimal level of job satisfaction. Thus, this study aims to identify both organisation-specific and employee-specific factors that would influence employee well-being among academics from a higher education institution (HEI) in Malaysia. Specifically, it is predicted that transformational leadership style would positively predict employee well-being, while working experience would positively influence employee wellbeing. We also propose that job satisfaction would serve as a mediator in the relationship between transformational leadership style and employee well-being. Using a Google form, an online survey questionnaire was distributed among academic staff from a Malaysian university to determine the relationship between transformational leadership style, working experience, job satisfaction and employee well-being (N = 218). Overall, findings indicate that job satisfaction partially mediates the relationship between transformational leadership style and employee well-being. The impact of these findings on the influence of transformational leadership style on organisational outcomes, from the context of higher education institution, will be discussed.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	4622/83813
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Academic Staff, Employee Well-Being, Higher Education Institution, Job Satisfaction, Transformational Leadership Style
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) > H61.8 Communication of information H Social Sciences > HM Sociology > HM711 Groups and organizations
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of Communication
Depositing User:	Dr Tengku Siti Aisha Tengku Mohd Azzman Shariffadeen
Date Deposited:	28 Oct 2020 16:18
Last Modified:	28 Oct 2020 16:18
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/83813

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