The Relationship Between Leadership Style and Managers' Communication Patterns on Employee Performance, Job Satisfaction, and Organizational Commitment

Elahe Marhouni; Samira Pali

doi:10.61838/

Authors

Elahe Marhouni MSc Student of Industrial Organizational Psychology, Department of Psychology, Tonekabon Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, Iran.

Samira Pali * Assistant Professor of Educational Management, Department of Educational Sciences, Tonekabon Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, Iran. samirapali624@gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.61838/

Keywords:

Communication patterns of managers, organizational commitment, job satisfaction, leadership style, performance

Abstract

Objective: The present study aimed to examine the relationship between leadership style and managers' communication patterns on employee performance, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment.

Methodology: The study is descriptive-survey in nature. The research population included all managers and employees of Pardis Petrochemical Company in the year 2023, from which 280 individuals were purposefully selected as the sample. The research instruments included the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) by Bass and Avolio (1985), the Communication Skills Questionnaire (CKIJ) by Jerabek (2004), the Organizational Performance Questionnaire (ACHIEVE) by Hersey and Goldsmith (2003), the Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (JSQ) by Weiss, Dawis, England, and Lofquist (1967), and the Organizational Commitment Questionnaire (OCQ) by Allen and Meyer (1990). The method of analysis used in this study was structural equations.

Findings: The findings indicated that there is a relationship between managers' leadership styles and employee performance, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment (p < .05). Additionally, a relationship was found between managers' communication patterns and employee performance, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment (p < .05).

Conclusion: It can be concluded that leadership style and managers' communication patterns have a significant impact on important aspects of organizational behavior, including employee performance, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment.