Influences of Transformational Leadership, Transactional Leadership, and Patriarchal Leadership on Job Satisfaction of Cram School Faculty Members

Tian-Syung Lan, I-Hsiung Chang, Tsz-Ching Ma, Lie-Ping Zhang and Kai-Chi Chuang
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Tian-Syung Lan: College of Mechanical and Control Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, Guangxi, China
I-Hsiung Chang: Department of Early Childhood Education, To Ko University, Chiayi County 61363, Taiwan
Tsz-Ching Ma: Deputy Director of Elite International Educational Group, New Taipei City 22065, Taiwan
Lie-Ping Zhang: College of Mechanical and Control Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, Guangxi, China
Kai-Chi Chuang: College of Mechanical and Control Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, Guangxi, China

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 12, 1-13

Abstract: While there is a decline in the annual population of Taiwan, the number of crams schools in the supplementary education industry is increasing. A concern is that there are not enough students to go around. Cram schools are facing a difficult situation to survive in the industry. Therefore, a great and useful leadership method is needed to help leaders lead their faculty members and organizations so that they can survive and even grow in this white-hot industry. In this study, 400 New Taipei City cram school faculties were invited to be the research objects to study the influences of transformational leadership, transactional leadership, and patriarchal leadership on job satisfaction. This study adopted the method of intentional sampling to conduct a questionnaire survey. After collecting data, SPSS 12.0 software was used to analyze the descriptive statistics, reliability analysis, description of statistics, t-test method of single factor analysis of variance, and regression. As a result of this research, the employees under transformational leadership have a larger positive result on outer job satisfaction while patriarchal leadership has positive influences on inner job satisfaction. Encouraging subordinates with positive responses, inspiring speeches, and compliments could make subordinates satisfied with the company and interaction with colleagues, while teaching subordinates behavior sets up a moral and authorized style and controlling the organization directly could let subordinates get a sense of accomplishment from work. This study is aimed to provide suggestions and references for the cram schools’ leaders to change their leadership styles and improve their employees’ job satisfaction. Cram schools that take the suggestions and references could improve their working environment and become more competitive in the education industry.

Keywords: cram school; transformational leadership; transactional leadership; job satisfaction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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