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Leadership Styles and Employee Job Satisfaction in Nepalese Banking Sector

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  • Lama Padam Bahadur

    (Tribhuvan University, Saraswati Multiple Campus, Kathmandu, Nepal)

  • Aryal Narayan Prasad

    (Tribhuvan University, Saraswati Multiple Campus, Kathmandu, Nepal)

  • Budhathoki Prem Bahadur

    (Tribhuvan University, Saraswati Multiple Campus, Kathmandu, Nepal)

  • Shakya Sunil Man

    (Tribhuvan University, Saraswati Multiple Campus, Kathmandu, Nepal)

  • Shrestha Rohan

    (Tribhuvan University, Saraswati Multiple Campus, Kathmandu, Nepal)

Abstract

This research discusses the findings of employee job satisfaction linked with leadership styles based on the evidence of Nepalese banking sector to mitigate the gaps in leadership styles in the context of Nepal. This paper investigates the impact of leadership styles on employee job satisfaction. The research adopts positivism philosophy with deductive approach for conducting the survey. The cross-sectional data collected through structured questionnaire and convenience sampling, received only 140 useful questionnaire from respondents out of 160 questionnaire distributed among employees of Nepalese banking institutions. Data analysed using descriptive statistics, correlation, and regression analysis. The reliability test adopted through Cronbach’s alpha and its value indicates the internal consistency. The result depicts that the transformational leadership, transactional leadership, and ethical leadership found positive association with employee job satisfaction and it reflects that the leadership style found positive impact on employee job satisfaction. It reveals that leadership influences the proportion of employee job satisfaction among the employees of banking sector in Nepal. The paper provides novel findings to bridge the gap in leadership literature by presenting original evidence those different types of leadership styles influences the employees level of job satisfaction. Moreover, the findings of this result paper sparks new discourse, and contributes to organizational practices and policies inclined with leadership in Nepalese context and others. Finally, these results offer invaluable guidance for organizations seeking to cultivate leadership styles. Simultaneously, it emphasizes the importance of promoting best-suited leadership and enhancing the employee satisfaction in organizational practices.

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  • Lama Padam Bahadur & Aryal Narayan Prasad & Budhathoki Prem Bahadur & Shakya Sunil Man & Shrestha Rohan, 2024. "Leadership Styles and Employee Job Satisfaction in Nepalese Banking Sector," HOLISTICA – Journal of Business and Public Administration, Sciendo, vol. 15(2), pages 157-170.
  • Handle: RePEc:vrs:hjobpa:v:15:y:2024:i:2:p:157-170:n:1010
    DOI: 10.2478/hjbpa-2024-0020
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