Management Styles and Employees Job Satisfaction in Selected Electricity Power Companies in Puntland, Somalia.
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2012-09
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Kampala International University, Masters degree Of Public Administration And Management.
Abstract
The following study is intended to determine the management
style in terms of transformation, transaction, laissez-faire, and
whether their style contributes towards satisfaction among employees
considering job itself, promotion, payment, co-workers and supervision.
Survey descriptive correlation design had been employed to identify the
relationship between the variables. The data were collected from both
managers and employees of selected electricity companies in Bosaso,
Garowe and Qardho. The population was 145 and 106 had been chosen
as sample size. As a research instrument, three different
questionnaires were used. The first was Leadership Behavior
Description Questionnaire-self (LBDQ) which is intended for managers
themselves. The second was Leadership Behaviour Description
Questionnaire-employees (LBDQ) which is intended for employees to
describe the behaviour of their managers as they perceived. The third
was Job Index Description Questionnaire (JDI) which is intended to
measure the satisfaction of employees regarding to the five features of
Job satisfaction. The data has been collected, edited, tabulated and
then analyzed with SPSS 16.0. Pearson-Correlation is used to find out
the relationships the variables of the research. The data analysis and
interpretation was based on the research questions as well as research
objectives, the presentation is divided into two parts. The first part
presents the respondents profile or demographic information, while the
second part deals with presentation, interpretation, and analysis of the
research questions and objectives. On the subject of the relationship,
the Pearson correlations reading at 0.978 was an indicator of strong
and positive relationship. In view of this output, the null hypothesis
was rejected. The data findings and implications of the research are
discussed and concluded that the managers under the study mostly
adopt both transactional and transformation styles but they rarely
adopt laissez Faire. In addition, the employees under the study were
satisfied with their supervisor's styles of management. Finally, the
researcher has recommended for additional researches on the other
facets of ,the job satisfaction to academicians and researchers in the
future.
Description
A Research Thesis Presented To the School Of Postgraduate Studies And Research Kampala International University Kampala, Uganda In Partial Fulfillment Of The Requirements For The Degree Masters Of Public Administration And Management.
Keywords
Management Styles, Employees Job Satisfaction, Electricity Power Companies, Puntland, Somalia