Date of Award
Spring 3-2023
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School
Leadership
Committee Chair
Dr. H. Quincy Brown
Committee Chair School
Leadership
Committee Member 2
Dr. Heather M. Annulis
Committee Member 2 School
Leadership
Committee Member 3
Dr. Jonathan Beedle
Committee Member 3 School
Leadership
Committee Member 4
Dr. Dale L. Lunsford
Committee Member 4 School
Leadership
Abstract
Research has shown how leadership influences job satisfaction and organizational trust in the virtual workplace. With an increasing number of organizations shifting to these work environments, it is essential to study the effect of leadership on virtual workers. Prior studies suggest that leadership behaviors significantly impact job satisfaction (Hacker et al., 2019), and leadership plays a crucial role in inspiring employees to achieve the goals and objectives of the organization in a virtual workplace (Miller, 2020). Specifically, transformational leadership behaviors that shape the mindset and actions of employees are significant (Abelha et al., 2018). This study proposed a mediation model in which organizational trust influenced the relationship between transformational leadership and job satisfaction. Using a quantitative cross-sectional research design, the researcher addressed the research questions and objectives. This study collected data via an online survey from 415 virtual U.S. workers recruited through Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk). Findings from this research study support the relationship between transformational leadership and job satisfaction in the virtual workplace. The study also provides statistical evidence that organizational trust indirectly affects the relationship between transformational leadership and job satisfaction in the virtual workplace. The findings from this study could contribute to training and leadership development initiatives within organizations by recognizing the circumstances that heighten the demand for human capital investments and identifying factors that enable transformational leadership to benefit job satisfaction in the virtual workplace.
ORCID ID
0009-0000-7010-0857
Recommended Citation
Daniels, Angela, "The mediating influence of organizational trust on the relationship between transformational leadership and job satisfaction in the virtual workplace" (2023). Dissertations. 2125.
https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations/2125
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