<p> The research of job satisfaction in the Jamaican Baptist Union churches has received limited focus from academia. Leadership practices in the church profession poses a crisis in Jamaica, which could result in church workers’ inability to provide high quality service to church members and to the community. The purpose of the quantitative study was to investigate the relationship between the level of job satisfaction of church workers and church pastors and leaders’ transformational leadership style. The studied variables were (a) Idealized Influence Attributed (IIA), (b) Idealized Influence Behavioral (IIB), (c) Inspirational Motivation (IM), (d) Intellectual Stimulation (IS), (e) Individualized Consideration (IC), demographics and job satisfaction. The study required implementation of a composite survey consisting of the Multi-factor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ), the Job in General (JIG) questionnaire, and a Demographic Questionnaire. One hundred forty church workers participated in the study. The participants were members of the Jamaican Baptist Union churches in Kingston, Jamaica. The ages ranged from 18 to 60. The majority were males 72 (51.4%), and 68 (48.6%) were females. The findings of the quantitative study using the Pearson’s Product Moment and the MANCOVA assessed the multivariate relationships between the variables. The study results indicated a statistical significant correlation between church leaders’ transformational leadership styles and church workers’ job satisfaction. Future researchers and leaders should consider replicating the study with other churches in hopes to attain a more positive influence on workers job satisfaction and achieve a level of effectiveness in services.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:PROQUEST/oai:pqdtoai.proquest.com:10124851 |
| Date | 29 July 2016 |
| Creators | Ledgister, Neville L. |
| Publisher | University of Phoenix |
| Source Sets | ProQuest.com |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | thesis |
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