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Abstract
Leadership styles have a great influence on different aspects of the workgroup.
The aim of the present study was to assess the relationship between leadership
styles of academic managers and job satisfaction of their assistant teaching staff at
the faculties of nursing in Port Said and Suez Canal Universities. A eo relational
descriptive study was utilized in 201112012 with a sample of all assistant teaching
staff (63) including demonstrators and assistant lecturers. Data were collected by
two questionnaire sheets, one for assess leadership style and the other for
determine level of job satisfaction by Specter’s job satisfaction survey (SJSS).
Results revealed that the most used leadership style was the authentic style
followed by democratic and transformational style, whereas laissez- faire was the
least used style. The assistant teaching staff were moderately satisfied with their
jobs (59%). The highest means score of job satisfaction components pertain to
communication followed by supervision, coworker relationship and work
promotions, whereas the fringe benefits was the least satisfied factor among
assistant teaching staff. In conclusion, there is a relationship between leadership
styles of the academic managers and assistant teaching staff job satisfaction.
Therefore, it is recommended that academic managers have to maximize the using
of leadership styles that support human interest as authentic, democratic,
transformational, and servant styles. In addition to, take needed measures toward
increasing level of job satisfaction.