A Research on the Relationships Among Leadership Style, Job Satisfaction, and Organizational Commitment -A Case Study of Ching Hung Machinery & Electric Industrial Co. Ltd
| Autor: | Hui-ping Chou, 周惠萍 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 94 As far as production value is concerned, machinery industry plays an important role in Taiwan’s manufacturing industry. Electric discharging machinery (EDM) industry, especially, has shown outstanding performance in recent years. In addition to the improvement in R&D and technology, human resources management is also closely related to the competitiveness of an enterprise. Under increasing competition, it is crucial for the leader of an EDM manufacturer to lead employees to work together for the organization’s mission, to recognize the importance of their jobs, to let them work happily and to arouse their organizational commitment. This study was to explore how leadership style influenced employee job satisfaction and organizational commitment by surveying the employees of Ching Hung Machinery & Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., one of the leading EDM manufacturers in Taiwan. This research adopted questionnaire survey method. In total, 300 questionnaires were issued and 165 effectives ones were retrieved. The retrieved data were analyzed with SPSS statistics software. The results showed: 1. There was significant positive relation between leadership style and job satisfaction. 2. There was significant positive relation between leadership style and organizational commitment: (1) When the leader showed a stronger tendency toward transformational leadership, the employees had higher degree of organizational commitment. (2) When the leader showed a stronger tendency toward transactional leadership, the employees worked harder and had higher degree of organizational commitment. 3. There was significant positive relation between job satisfaction and organizational commitment. 4. For employees’ personal feeling for job satisfaction, except education, significant difference existed in marital status, job contents, service length etc. For retention commitment, sexuality, marital status, position, job contents, age and service length all showed significant difference. 5. Proper leadership style could increase the employees’ job satisfaction and further influence their organizational commitment. Based on the above findings, this study suggested the leader reinforce his transformational leadership style to increase his leading charisma and effectiveness, improve the employees’ job satisfaction and further increase their organizational commitment. |
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