Leadership styles and job satisfaction; a case study of Kichwa Tembo tented camp, Kenya
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2009-06
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Kampala International University, School of Business and Management
Abstract
This research is about "Leadership Style and Job Satisfaction, taking Kichwa Tembo
Tented Camp in Trans Mara District, Kenya as the study institution. It has been shown that
it is evident that there are several problems of leadership towards employees' job
satisfaction due to a series of employees predictor of deviant work related behaviors such
as absenteeism, late coming, labour turn over and leadership style. But leadership style has
of late been observed and has taken the fore front thus the reason for this research. The
general objective of this research was to determine the effect of leadership style on job
satisfaction as applied by mangers at Kichwa Tembo Tented Camp and thus led to the
paramount drive for this study.
The methodology of this study was purposive/ judgmental sample research design where
by the researcher analyzes the respondents views obtained from: both structured interviews,
questionnaires and documentary reviews. All these ensured maximum credibility and
validity of data collected. However, the researcher faced difficulty in approaching some of
the interviewees, while some respondents failed to fill in the set questionnaires as well as
difficulty in formulating mechanisms or scales for measuring the research variables.
Based on date analysis, both qualitative and quantitative methods were applied such as:qualitative
ratio scales of measurement, the ordinal scale and the ratio scale. For
quantitative methods the percentages was used to provide mean values of data and
summarize data.
This study has revealed that two types of leadership styles are employed in Kichwa Tembo
Tented Camp: the democratic style of leadership and the autocratic style of leadership. The
study has revealed that employees attitude towards leadership style is such that when the
leadership style tends towards being democratic, employee satisfaction tend to be high. This
study has also revealed that leadership style is related to job satisfaction in such a way that
the leadership style either increases or decreases employee job satisfaction. All departmental
heads need to be educated about how leadership styles influence employee results.
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A research report submitted to the School of Business and Management in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Award of Bachelor's Degree in Human Resource Management of Kampala International University
Keywords
Leadership, job satisfaction