Ethical Leadership Style and Employee Job Satisfaction: The Mediating role of Trust and Work Engagement in the Ghana Education Service

Abstract: This study examines the impact of ethical leadership style on employee job satisfaction. To further enrich the debate around leadership style and job satisfaction relationship, the mediating role of trust and employee work engagement were accounted for in the Ghana education service sector. Owing to the nature of the study, the data collected were in longitudinal form. The questionnaires were given out to randomly chosen respondents from the Ghana education service. The survey considered the age, educational level and employee position in the education service. 321 out of 500 sets of questionnaires distributed were valid for coding, analyzing and testing the hypothesis. Collected data were then analyzed. The Structural Equation Model (SEM) was used to run the analysis. Prior to running and analyzing the model, several statistical tests were executed to test the validity and reliability of the dataset. Results from the findings reveal that there is statistically significant positive relationship between ethical leadership style and job satisfaction among employees at the Ghana education service. The results further showed a significant mediating effect of work engagement in the relationship between ethical leadership and employee job satisfaction. The study concluded by informing policy for both theory and practice. Keywords: employee engagement, ethical leadership, job satisfaction, trust. Title: Ethical Leadership Style and Employee Job Satisfaction: The Mediating role of Trust and Work Engagement in the Ghana Education Service Author: Adam Issahak Salifu, Huming Zhu, Hassan Rakib International Journal of Novel Research in Marketing Management and Economics ISSN 2394-7322 Vol. 9, Issue 2, May 2022 - August 2022 Page No: 1-11 Novelty Journals Website: www.noveltyjournals.com Published Date: 10-May-2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6536303 Paper download link (Source): https://www.noveltyjournals.com/upload/paper/Ethical%20Leadership%20Style-10052022-5.pdfInternational Journal of Novel Research in Marketing Management and Economics, ISSN 2394-7322, Novelty Journals, Website: www.noveltyjournals.co