Leadership Styles and Job Satisfaction among Employees in Small and Medium Enterprises

Abstract

Investigation into the relationship between leadership styles and job satisfaction among employees in small andmedium enterprises in Nigeria is the main focus of this research. The research used survey design to gather datafrom one hundred and fifteen employees from the small and medium enterprises.The study utilized simple randomsampling techniquesand data was collected using a questionnaire that required respondent to rate their level of jobsatisfactions as well as their “leaders” leadership styles using a five point scale likert type. The result of correlationanalysis revealed that the entire leadership styles items are statistically significant at .05 level of significance, alsothe result of descriptive statisticsindicates transformational leadership styles has the most commonly usedleadership styles in the small and medium enterprises in Nigeria.Transformational leaders are needed insmall andmedium scale enterprises in Nigeria to be able to achieve the mission, objectives and goals for the development ofthis enterprisein the country.