El liderazgo transformacional y su incidencia en la satisfacción laboral del sector financiero de la economía popular y solidaria del Cantón La Troncal.

Abstract

The study objective was to examine transformational leadership and its influence on job satisfaction within the financial sector of La Troncal canton's popular and solidarity economy. This paper employed Bernard Bass's model (1987 as cited in Vilchez and Yarlaqué, 2016) to examine transformational leadership in its dimensions: individual considerations, inspirational motivation, idealized influence, and intellectual stimulation. For studying job satisfaction, the approach developed by Meliá and Peiró (1989) was adopted, utilizing their assessment tool known as S20/23, focusing on dimensions such as supervision concerning superiors, satisfaction with participation in decision-making, job satisfaction, and satisfaction with rewards received. The research methodology was applied to 74 employees from 8 savings and credit cooperatives. It was based on the deductive scientific method with a quantitative approach, enabling the establishment of correlations between the study variables. Additionally, the IBM SPSS Statistics for statistical analysis was used, which allowed for measuring the instrument's reliability using Cronbach's Alpha and assessing the normality of data distribution; as a result, the data did not follow a normal distribution, so Spearman's correlation use was necessary. The results showed a direct and high relationship between transformational leadership and job satisfaction, with a significant correlation of (𝜌 = 0.777), considering a 5% error level.