Personal Need for Structure and Leadership Style in Job Satisfaction of IT Employees

Pages: 114-117
Neetu Dalal and Akanksha Sharma (Department of Psychology, Panjab University, Chandigarh University Institute of Applied Management Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh)

The study at hand explored the role of personal need for structure and leadership style in job satisfaction of IT employees. The sample comprised of 50 employees from IT sector from organisations based in Tricity, i.e., Chandigarh, Mohali, and Panchkula. The sample included both males in females as a part of the study. The subjects were between the age of 25-35 years. The sample was administered with Personal Need for Structure Scale, Leadership Behaviour Description Questionnaire and Job Satisfaction Survey. Data was analysed using correlation and t-test. The results of the study show that there is a significant difference in the job satisfaction of an employee as a result of varying levels of need for structure and the leadership style.