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Econviews : Review of Contemporary Entrepreneurship, Business, and Economic Issues, Vol. XXVII No. 2, 2014.

Preliminary communication

Transformational leadership and employee satisfaction

Alisa Mujkić ; School of Economics and Business, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dževad Šehić ; School of Economics and Business, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Zijada Rahimić orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-0191-0490 ; School of Economics and Business, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Jasmin Jusić ; High School of Economics, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Abstract

The main purpose of this paper was to carry out an empirical research on whether transformational leadership,
in comparison to other contemporary leadership styles, contributes to higher employee satisfaction
levels. In total, 399 respondents took part in this research, which was conducted in companies in Bosnia
and Herzegovina and Germany. This was the starting point to identify the dominant leadership style in each
of the two countries. Using a nonparametric Mann-Whitney test, it was proved that there is a statistically
significant difference in employee satisfaction under transformational leadership as opposed to the transactional
and charismatic styles. After a detailed research of the literature, it became apparent that research
on this subject is scarce. Accordingly, presenting transformational leadership and its influence on employee
satisfaction was a particular challenge.

Keywords

transformational leadership; transactional leadership; charismatic leadership; employee satisfaction

Hrčak ID:

132830

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/132830

Publication date:

24.12.2014.

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