title: Studies of transformational leadership: evaluating two alternative models of trust and satisfaction.
abstract: This study evaluates the influence of leadership style and employee trust in their leaders on job satisfaction. 341 personnel (164 men, 177 women; M age = 33.5 yr., SD = 5.1) from four large insurance companies in Taiwan completed the transformational leadership behavior inventory, the leadership trust scale and a short version of the Minnesota (Job) Satisfaction Questionnaire. A bootstrapping mediation and structural equation modeling revealed that the effect of transformational leadership on job satisfaction was mediated by leadership trust. This study highlights the importance of leadership trust in leadership-satisfaction relationships, and provides managers with practical ways to enhance job satisfaction.
authors: 1 Graduate School of Business and Administration, Shu-Te University, Taiwan.
authors: Yi-Feng
authors: YF
authors: Yang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000379:methods*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013624:Taiwan; D035502:Trust