The Effect of Leadership Style, Trust In Boss, and Job Satisfaction on Employee Performance (Case Study on Manufacturing Companies in Batamindo Industrial Park Area)

Abstract

This study aims to determine and empirically prove the effect of leadership style, trust in superiors, and job satisfaction on employee performance. This study uses primary data in the form of questionnaires and data collection using purposive sampling method. This research was conducted in the Batamindo Industrial Park area with a total population of 250 employees and using the Slovin formula obtained 165 employees as samples. Data analysis used in the form of multiple linear regression, t test (partial) and F test (simultaneous). The statistical test of this research uses the SPSS version 22 application program. The results of this study indicate that leadership style has a positive effect on employee performance, trust in superiors has a positive effect on employee performance, and job satisfaction has an effect on employee performance and simultaneously leadership style, trust in superiors, and job satisfaction has a significant positive effect on employee performance.

Leadership Styles in Ecuadorian Companies: Application of the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (Mlq)

“…Transformational leaders with clear objectives that allow them to provide their followers with the necessary tools to enhance their knowledge during the exercise of their work (Lozado, 2013). The leader plays a fundamental role in projecting and improving the performance of the organization and its employees (Arwika & Irsutami, 2022;Johnson & Holdaway, 1991).…”

“…It is analyzed as a process of social influence (Zárate-Torres et al, 2022) and exercised by individuals who have qualities that contribute to organizational management tasks (Jauregui-Arroyo et al, 2023). Leadership provides guidance to followers and subordinates to achieve objectives (Mirzani, 2023;Bajcar & Babiak, 2022;Arwika & Irsutami, 2022;Alcázar, 2020;Peralta, 2010;Dubrin, 2001), it is key to achieving excellent results (Mirzani, A lot has been written about leadership (Alcázar, 2020;Fernández & Quintero, 2017;Ruíz, 2016), awakening more and more interest in the subject (Londoño-Proaño, 2022), however, despite having been defined in countless studies (García-Solarte et al, 2017), to date it can be said that there is no agreed definition. Due to this, the demands in the understanding of the central elements of leadership have led experts to define profiles or styles that allow, according to remarkable qualities and abilities in a person, to characterize or determine their leadership style (Blanchard et al, 1993;Bass & Avolio, 1990).…”

“…The study of leadership styles in companies and their influence on the performance of followers and on the organization is a topic of great importance to study (Asgari et al, 2020;García Solarte, 2015;Rodríguez-Ponce et al, 2017). Companies are obliged to make an effort (from the figure of the leader) so that their employees work more effectively and efficiently, thus promoting the addition of value (Arwika & Irsutami, 2022), and increasing their capacities to compete with other companies. Achieving followers who offer their maximum effort will allow for effectiveness, and for this, there must be a correct leadership style, which depends on the maturity of the followers, in terms of ability and willingness to fulfill a specific task (Alcázar, 2020).…”