Literature review on Transformational Leadership Style and Job Satisfaction

Transformational leaders significantly alter the values, ambitions, and aspirations of

followers who accept the leader's principles and, in the end, choose to work because it is

consistent with the values they have gained, rather than because they anticipate being

rewarded (Nugroho, 2020). Transformational leadership, which promotes autonomy and

demanding work, is becoming more significant in terms of employee satisfaction. The

concept of job stability and commitment to a company throughout one's career has

vanished. Furthermore, despite one's exceptional work, consistent compensation, stable

benefits, and lifetime employment are no longer guaranteed (Prameswari, 2020).

Trichas and Avdimiotis (2020) compared “the leadership styles studied by principals in

special schools to the degree of job satisfaction in Northern Greece.” A qualitative study

was conducted, with 69 instructors from five special schools participating. The

information was gathered using closed-ended questionnaires. Teachers in special schools

prefer to work with a principal who utilizes the transformational leadership style as a

source of inspiration, according to the research. This improves teachers' job satisfaction

since transformational leadership provides a foundation on which key organizational and

instructional concerns may be addressed (Trichas & Avdimiotis, 2020). Only teachers

are involved in this study. It would be preferable if the principals of the schools were

involved so that comparisons could be made.

Neftyan, Hariri, and Karan (2020) investigated if “the transformational style has a

significant impact on teacher job satisfaction.” The respondents in this study were principals

and teachers from senior high schools in Indonesia's Lampung province. The research

sample was chosen at random. Teachers were given questionnaires to fill out to collect data.

Normality, homogeneity, simple linear regression, and the T-test were used to analyze the

data. The findings of the study demonstrate that the principal's transformative leadership

style has no association with job satisfaction and has no substantial effect on it. This

contradicts previous research, which found that transformative leadership style has a key

influence on instructors' job satisfaction (Nazim & Mahmood, 2018). However, this study

only looked at the most important aspects of transformational leadership. This means that

there must be additional elements influencing the teachers' job satisfaction that should have