Studying the relationship between transformational leadership and job satisfaction among staff ofSocial Security Organization in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran

Authors

  • Firooz Arabi Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University
  • Seyed Abbas Heidari Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University
  • Ghasem Ali Bazaie Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University

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https://doi.org/10.24200/jmas.vol5iss02pp69-73

Abstract

This research aimed to determine the relationship between transformational leadership and job satisfaction among the staff of Social Security Organization in West Azarbaijan ProvinceMethodology:The method for the research is descriptive-survey with an applied purpose because it is pursuing the improvement of the situation in Social Security Organization in West Azarbaijan Province. The statistical population of the research consists of 84 individuals considered as samples using official enumeration the people of the society. In analyzing the data, at descriptive level redundancy indices and column and pie charts were used, and at inferential level the Kolmogorov–Smirnov test was used to study the normality of the research variables distributionResults: Regarding the abnormality of the distribution of the research variables the Spearman's correlation test was used to test the research hypotheses and to examine the relationship between the elements of transformational leadership and job satisfaction of the staff.Conclusion:The research results show that there is a positive and significant relationship between transformational leadership and job satisfaction of the staff of Social Security Organization in West Azarbaijan. Among the aspects of the transformational leadership, the highest correlation coefficient (relation) characterizes the aspect of supportive and the lowest correlation coefficient (relation) characterizes the perspective aspect.

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2019-08-10

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