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Abstract

This study aims to examine the relationship between managers’ transactional and transformational leadership styles and the job satisfaction of staff in the educational centers of the University of Applied Science and Technology. The research is applied in nature, descriptive-correlational in terms of methodology, and non-experimental in design. The statistical population consisted of all staff members at the university’s educational centers in Khorasan Razavi Province. Khorasan Razavi hosts 64 applied-science educational centers with a total staff of 600. Multistage cluster sampling was used to select 200 participants. Specifically, 20 centers were randomly chosen, and all staff from these centers completed the survey. After removing incomplete or improperly filled questionnaires, 145 valid responses were retained as the final sample. Data were collected using Bass’s Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (1985) and the Job Descriptive Index (JDI) by Kendall and Hulin (1969). Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation and simple linear regression. The findings indicate a positive and significant relationship (r = 0.386) between managers’ leadership styles (transactional and transformational) and staff job satisfaction‎.

Keywords: Transactional leadership, Transformational leadership, Staff job satisfaction, University of Applied Science and Technology.