Influence of Organizational Culture on Relationship of Transformational Leadership with Employees Job Satisfaction in Oil and Gas Industry

Abstract

Organizational culture often become an issue amongst employees in coping with the culture in achieving job satisfaction. Many studies indicated that transformational leadership is considered the most influential element on achieving high degree of satisfaction among employees in middle and large organizations. Therefore, the study was aimed to examine the mediation role of organizational culture on the relationship between transformational leadership and job satisfaction in oil and gas companies in UAE. Quantitative method was employed in this research. A total of 400 questionnaires were distributed to the respondent using simple random sampling technique. However only 322 questionnaires were returned which means 80.5% response rate among employees working in ADNOC Refining an oil and Gas Company of UAE. The collected data was used to develop and asses the mediation model using AMOS-SEM technique. The results from the modelling found that organizational culture affects the relationship between transformational leadership and job satisfaction in ADNOC oil and gas UAE. The findings of this research work if applied appropriately by ADNOC or any other organization would influence in the most positive way the relationship between transformational leadership and job satisfaction.