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Coker, Oluwaseun Temitope (2025) The Impact Of Transformational Leadership On Employee Job Satisfaction In Ireland’s IT Sector. Masters thesis, Dublin, National College of Ireland.
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This study seeks to examine the impact of transformational leadership on employee job satisfaction within the Irish IT sector, with a specific focus on how employees perceive the core dimensions of transformational leadership. As organisations continue to navigate rapid technological change and workforce expectations, effective leadership becomes increasingly critical in shaping employee outcomes. A quantitative research approach was employed, using a structured questionnaire distributed to 50 employees across five IT organisations in Ireland. The survey measured employees’ perceptions of transformational leadership behaviours and their levels of job satisfaction. The study adopted a positivist research philosophy and utilised descriptive and inferential statistical techniques to interpret the data. The findings indicate that employees generally held moderately positive views of transformational leadership behaviours of their leaders. Transformational leadership was found to positively impact key aspects of job satisfaction, though no significant effect was observed on collaboration and teamwork, and work-life balance and wellbeing. All core dimensions of transformational leadership were recognised by the respondents to be present in their organisations although with some variations amongst them. These findings contribute to the growing body of literature on leadership effectiveness in dynamic and innovation-driven sectors like the IT sector. It also highlights the need for IT organisations to strengthen transformational leadership practices particularly in areas that enhance employee engagement and satisfaction, by investing in leadership development programmes. Future research should consider exploring mediating variables such as organisational culture, team dynamics, employee demographics or generational differences to gain deeper insight into the leadership-job satisfaction relationship.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Supervisors: | Name Email Ebenade, Kesiena UNSPECIFIED |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management > Human Resource Management H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > Specific Industries > I.T. Industry H Social Sciences > HM Sociology > Leadership H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management > Human Resource Management > Leadership H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > Issues of Labour and Work > Quality of Work Life / Job Satisfaction |
| Divisions: | School of Business (- 2025) > Master of Arts in Human Resource Management |
| Depositing User: | Ciara O'Brien |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Dec 2025 14:54 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Dec 2025 14:54 |
| URI: | https://norma.ncirl.ie/id/eprint/9000 |
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