The Impact of Leadership Styles on Job Satisfaction and Mediating Role of Perceived Organizational Politics

Abstract

The present study aims to investigate the impact of leadership styles on job satisfaction and to see if perceived organizational politics has a mediating role or not. In this study descriptive research design was used and a quantitative research was conducted. The sample of this study was selected through non-probability convenience sampling. Research finding revealed that transformational leadership has a positive impact on job satisfaction and transactional leadership has a negative impact on job satisfaction. Findings also suggest that, perceived organizational politics partially mediate the relationship between both leadership styles and job satisfaction.