The Mediating Effect of Job Satisfaction on the Relationship between Transformational Leadership and Organizational Performance
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https://doi.org/10.54536/ajmri.v5i2.7111Keywords:
Educational Management, Job satisfaction, Mediating Effect, Organizational Performance, Transformational LeadershipAbstract
This research studied how job satisfaction as a mediating factor affects the connection between transformational leadership and organizational performance among public school teachers in the Department of Education Division of Davao Occidental in the Philippines. The results showed that all respondents maintained high levels of transformational leadership together with job satisfaction and organizational performance throughout the study. The study found that transformational leadership directly affected both job satisfaction and organizational performance. The study found that job satisfaction served as an essential factor which completely mediated the link between transformational leadership and organizational performance. The study showed that job satisfaction explained 78 percent of transformational leadership’s effect on organizational performance which proved to be the main mediating factor of the relationship. The theoretical study validated a significant mediation effect, emphasizing the essential function of job satisfaction in enhancing the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational performance.
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