Job Motivation in an Organization: The Relationship with Transactional Leadership Style in Driving Employees’ Job Satisfaction

Abstract

Job satisfaction may be determined by the effects of transactional leadership style and employees' motivation. The study aimed to reveal the variables that are related to employees' job satisfaction at PT. ABM Investama, in South Jakarta, Indonesia. This research used an explanatory method, associative, and quantitative-qualitative analysis with a survey approach. The result of this study is that there is a significant effect of Transactional Leadership Style (X1) on Employees' Job Satisfaction (Y), in which this result shows that Employees' Job Satisfaction (Y) can be formulated in a simple-linear regression equation: Y = 32.643 + 0.978 X1. There is also a significant effect of Job Motivation (X2) on Employee's Job Satisfaction (Y), in which this result shows that Employee's Job Satisfaction (Y) can be formulated in a simple-linear regression equation: Y = 44.416 + 0.428 X2. In addition, there is a significant effect of the variables of Transactional Leadership Style (X1) and Job Motivation (X2) on Employee's Job Satisfaction (Y) simultaneously, in which the Employees' Job Satisfaction (Y) can be formulated in a multiple-linear regression equation: Y = 21.925 + 0.814 X1 + 0.266 X2.