Alireza Nazarian
Working together: Factors affecting the relationship between leadership and job satisfaction in Iranian HR departments
Nazarian, Alireza; Atkinson, Peter; Foroudi, Pantea; Soares, Anabela
Authors
Peter Atkinson
Pantea Foroudi
Anabela Da Silva Filipe Soares Anabela.Soares@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Strategic and Operations Management
Abstract
Implementation of human resource management (HRM) practices in Iran has been patchy and unenthusiastic despite them having been found to be beneficial in Western countries. To investigate this problem, survey data were gathered from 63 private sector organizations in Iran, producing 325 usable responses, and were analysed using structural equation modelling. Our findings unexpectedly show that transactional leadership had a similar impact on balanced organizational culture to transformational leadership. Also, no relationship was found between balanced organizational culture and team working, or between team working and job satisfaction, which contradicts previous research. We argue that, in HR departments in Iran, culturally generated attitudes towards aspects of HRM itself may produce low job satisfaction, and thus may compromise the implementation of HRM practices. We also argue that, since the cultural conditions that create these anomalies are common to other Middle Eastern and Southern Asian countries, our results can be generalized to these regions. Based on these findings, recommendations are made for practitioners.
Citation
Nazarian, A., Atkinson, P., Foroudi, P., & Soares, A. (2021). Working together: Factors affecting the relationship between leadership and job satisfaction in Iranian HR departments. Journal of General Management, 46(3), 229-245. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306307020968535
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Sep 25, 2020 |
Online Publication Date | Apr 7, 2021 |
Publication Date | Apr 1, 2021 |
Deposit Date | Sep 28, 2020 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 29, 2024 |
Journal | Journal of General Management |
Print ISSN | 0306-3070 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 46 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 229-245 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1177/0306307020968535 |
Keywords | leadership style; organizational culture; job satisfaction; team working; professional and personal development |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/6727336 |
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