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. 2021 Dec 26;19(1):233.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010233.

Transformational Leadership and Employee Job Satisfaction: The Mediating Role of Employee Relations Climate and the Moderating Role of Subordinate Gender

Chiyin Chen  1 , Xinyi Ding  1 , Jiachen Li  1
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Transformational Leadership and Employee Job Satisfaction: The Mediating Role of Employee Relations Climate and the Moderating Role of Subordinate Gender

Chiyin Chen et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

Scholars have paid extensive attention to transformational leadership for decades. However, existing studies still lack ample discussions on the underlying mechanism and boundary conditions of its influence on employee job satisfaction. This study proposed a moderated mediation model based on social exchange theory. We collected survey data from 211 frontline employees to verify our hypotheses. The results showed that transformational leadership was positively associated with employee job satisfaction via the mediation role of the perceived employee relations climate. Furthermore, the relationship between transformational leadership and the employee relations climate, as well as the indirect relationship between the two, was demonstrated to be more significant for male employees. This study offered a new account of the mechanisms of transformational leadership and clarified a boundary condition for its effectiveness.

Keywords: employee job satisfaction; employee relations climate; subordinate gender; transformational leadership.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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The conceptual model of the relationship between transformational leadership, employee relations climate, subordinate gender, and employee job satisfaction.
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The influence of transformational leadership on employee relations climate under different subordinate genders.
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