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Full Length Research Paper
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Are
educational background and gender moderator variables for
leadership, satisfaction and organizational commitment?
Lien-Tung Chen1, Cheng-Wu
Chen2 and Chen-Yuan Chen3*
1Department
of Management Information System, Yung-Ta Institute of
Technology and Commerce, Lin-Luoh, Pingtung
90941, Taiwan.
2Department
of Logistics Management, Shu-Te University, 59 Hun Shan Rd.,
Yen Chau, Kaohsiung 82445, Taiwan.
3Department
of Computer Science, National Pingtung University of
Education, No. 4-18, Ming Shen Rd., Pingtung 90003, Taiwan.
*Corresponding author. E-mail:
cyc@mail.npue.edu.tw.
Accepted 18 November, 2009 |
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Abstract |
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In this study the causal effects of transformational and
transactional leadership and the mediating role of trust on
follower outcomes are examined. Study data were collected from
150 employees who worked within 12 organizations in the IT
Department of Research and Development in Shanghai, China. Data
were analyzed based on path analysis and proposed research
model. The results indicate that the level of education affects
subordinate job satisfaction for both transformational
leadership and transactional leadership. Undergraduate and
graduate levels of education affect trust in relation to
subordinate job satisfaction as well as organizational
commitment. Gender also impacts subordinate's job satisfaction
in cases of transactional leadership, as well as trust and job
satisfaction in relation to the subordinate's organizational
commitment.
Key words:
Educational background and gender, transformational and
transactional leadership behavior, trust, job satisfaction,
organizational commitment, IT Department of Research and
Development, Shanghai, China. |
