International Journal of
Advanced Multidisciplinary Application

Volume 2, Issue 1

• Author(s)Sintayehu Gurmessa Chimedessa
• AffiliationProfessor Arvinder Singh Chawla, Guru Kashi University
• Page No.29-37
• Volume, Issue & YearVolume 2, Issue 1, Jan 2025
• Published On2025/01/30
• JournalInternational Journal of Advanced Multidisciplinary Application (IJAMA)
• ISSN No.3048-9350
• DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17322919

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Abstract

This study's primary goal was to investigate how leaders' personalities affected their subordinates' job satisfaction at the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia. The study used primary sources of data, quantitative methods, and a descriptive research design. The data used in this study was collected from professional staff members of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia's head office and two branches. Job satisfaction and a multifactor leadership questionnaire were employed. 112 of the 119 surveys that were distributed were collected and used for additional analysis. Additionally, all collected data were processed using SPSS version 25 and subjected to regression analysis, correlation analysis, and descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation). The finding of this study indicated that there was no significant relationship between the personality of the leader and job satisfaction, and the highest mean score showed that employees favored agreeableness and consciousness personality. Also, the regression analysis showed that only neuroticism personality of leaders’ correlates with job satisfaction. The other independent variables were found to have no effect on job satisfaction. The researcher recommended the bank, to use five of the leader personality simultaneously to better satisfy employees’ working under their control. Leaders of the bank should work on creating a platform for employees to use their skills and abilities creatively to encourage innovation, develop a robust employee training and development program to help employees to improve their performance. Finally the researcher
recommends the bank to work hard in conducting a continuous assessment of job satisfaction surveys and takes corrective action to improve and bring the success of their employees in their expertise.

Keywords: job satisfaction, agreeableness, consciousness, extraversion, openness and neuroticism.

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