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A study of the relationships between leaderhip style, employee organization commitment and job satisfaction ¡Ð The case of accounting firms

Abstract
Since the Enron scandal and various incidents of dishonest financial reporting and corruptive conduct among some companies in Taiwan, the quality of financial audits performed by accounting firms in Taiwan has been subject to severe challenges in recent years. In addition to losses suffered by the investors in general, an immense impact was sustained by the nation¡¦s financial system. To the managers of accounting firms, re-thinking quality of financial audit and mamagement strategy requires immediate attention. With a high turnover rate of human resource - the most valuable asset of accounting firms, how a manager establishes the influence of leadership style on organization commitment and job satisfaction, is an important management issue managers of accounting firms need to face. Therefore, the objective of this research is to study the relationship between leadership styles of accounting firm managers, employee organization commitment and job satisfaction. The results of the reseach are summarized below:
1.The relationship between manager¡¦s leadership style and employee organization commitment:
Leadership styles, such as supportive and coaching styles, emphasizing employee relationship exhibit higher levels of employee organization commitment than leadership styles, such as directive and non-inteference styles, oriented toward lower employe relationship. Leadership style shows a positive relationship with organization commitment.
2.The relationship between manager¡¦s leadership style and employee job satisfaction:
Leadership styles, such as supportive and coaching styles, emphasizing employee relationship exhibit higher levels of job satisfaction than leadership styles, such as directive and non-inteference styles, oriented toward low employee relationships. Leadership style is positively related to job satisaction.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0602106-215606
Date02 June 2006
CreatorsTsai, Feng-Tse
ContributorsShyh-Jer Chen, Pei-How Huang, Ruey-Dang Chang
PublisherNSYSU
Source SetsNSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive
LanguageCholon
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Sourcehttp://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0602106-215606
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