Leadership is a process of influence between leaders and employee in which a leader tries to change employee behavior in order to accomplish organizational goals. The leaders of the organization and their leadership philosophies are crucial to the success of the organization in accomplishing its goals and objectives. Attaining employees’ job satisfaction is crucial to retain productive and efficient employees. Therefore, one of the ways that may be effective help managers in increasing the satisfaction among their followers is employing the right leadership style. Jobstreet.com in 2017, stated that 21% of the respondent in the survey conducted is unhappy at work because of their relationship with their immediate supervisor. Malaysian Department of Public Services 2018 conducted a survey namely Indeks Keterlibatan Penjawat Awam (IKPA) found that there is a slight decrease between 0.9% to 9.4% in job satisfaction among government servants compared to the same survey conducted in 2015. This paper aims to see the impact of leadership style on job satisfaction in the Malaysian public sector.
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To Cite this Article: Baharuddin, S. A., Hamdan, R., Yusof, N. M., & Ibrahim, S. S. S. (2022). The Impact of Leadership Style Toward Job Satisfaction in Malaysian Public Sector. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 12(10), 1828– 1835.
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