The relationship between leadership styles of Hashemite University department chairs and job satisfaction as reported by department faculty members

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This study examines the relationship between leadership styles of Hashemite University Department Chairs and job satisfaction as perceived by department faculty members.

The results of the study indicate that there is a relationship between leadership styles and faculty job satisfaction.

The strongest relationship is between extrinsic job satisfaction and the consideration dimension of the LBDQ, and the least effect on job satisfaction is between the initiating structure of the LBDQ and intrinsic satisfaction.

Overall, both dimensions of leadership behaviors had a positive correlation overall to the self-reported faculty job satisfaction.

The gender and experience of faculty members in higher education indicate no statistical significance in relationship to overall job satisfaction.