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Bogaerdt, Jolijn van den (2024)

Unraveling the Impact of Locus of Control: Studying the effect of Job Insecurity on Job Satisfaction, mediated by Transformational and Transactional Leadership Styles

Master thesis | Psychology (MSc)

This study explored the relationships between job insecurity, job satisfaction, transformational leadership style, transactional leadership style, and locus of control (LOC) in working environments. We aimed to examine the mediating effects of transformational and transactional leadership in the insecurity-job satisfaction relationship, with LOC moderating the a-path. Using PROCESS, we analyzed a sample of 147 participants. We expected internals (higher LOC) to align with transformational leadership and externals (lower LOC) to align with transactional leadership, positing that both leadership styles influence job satisfaction positively. Findings revealed job insecurity’s negative influence on job satisfaction, mediated by transformational leadership. Transactional leadership did not mediate this effect and LOC did not moderate the relationship between job insecurity and transformational leadership, nor between job insecurity and transactional leadership.

Job Insecurity, Job Satisfaction, Transformational and Transactional Leadership Style, Locus of Control

Author

Bogaerdt, Jolijn van den

Faculty

Faculty of Social & Behavioural Sciences

Specialisation

Economic & Consumer Psychology

Supervisors

Ambra Brizi

ECTS Credits

20

Language

en