الأنماط القيادية و علاقتها بالرضا الوظيفي لأعضاء هيئة التدريس بكلية التربية بجامعة حائل من وجهه نظرهم

Abstract EN

The aim of the research was to find out the relationship between leadership styles and job satisfaction of faculty members at the University of Dammam.

The sample consisted of (250) faculty members from different faculties of the university.

Note that 50 faculty members have been exempted as an exploratory sample for the purpose of verifying the reliability and consistency of the research tools.

Two instruments: leadership styles; Job satisfaction were developed & applaied for gathering data.

Frequencies, percentages, and ware used for processing data statistically.

The results of the study reached the followings: Democratic style is the most common leadership styles among faculty members followed by the diplomatic style, the dictatorial style and then the Laissez-fair style.

There are statistically significant differences between the average job satisfaction and the average satisfaction in the study sample in favor of average job satisfaction.

There is a positive correlation between job satisfaction and overall score of the leadership scale.