Leadership Styles and Employee Motivation: Examining the Impact on Job Satisfaction and Turnover

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Systematic review examines leadership styles and their effects on employee motivation and job satisfaction.

Transformational and participative leadership styles lead to higher intrinsic motivation and lower turnover.
Transactional leadership influences extrinsic motivation and has moderate effects on retention, especially short-term.
Autocratic and laissez-faire leadership styles are associated with lower job satisfaction and increased turnover.
Organisations need to invest in leadership training to align behaviours with employee psychological needs.

Samuel Asante (2025) studied this question.

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