Leadership in the digital era: Exploring the nexus between leadership styles and job satisfaction. The mediating role of perceived organizational politics in Jordanian insurance companies

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The study intends to determine how leadership techniques adjusted to the trends impact employee job satisfaction, considering the mediating influence of perceived organizational politics in light of the expanding influence of digital technology and virtual work settings. The study included a solid sample of 300 workers from different parts of Jordan. The employees filled out the questionnaire anonymously. 5-point rating Likert scales were used to capture a range of viewpoints. Using the Partial Least Squares software, this study applies Structural Equation Modelling analysis to examine the relationships between job satisfaction, perceived organizational politics, and leadership styles in Jordanian insurance companies. The study focuses on all employees of insurance companies in Jordan, including people working at various administrative levels. The most common length of job tenure was between one and five years (38.67%). Initial results show a strong beneficial relationship between transformational leadership philosophies and contentment at work (β = 0. 378, t = 6.266, LL = 0.483, UL = 0.718, p < 0.001). Similarly, transformational leadership had the highest standardized effect on perceived organizational politics with a coefficient of 0.443. Furthermore, the complex processes by which leadership philosophies tangentially affect job satisfaction levels are revealed by the role of mediation of perceived organizational politics.

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    • Figure 1. Conceptual model
    • Figure 2. Path model results (beta)
    • Table 1. Demographic profile of respondents
    • Table 2. Internal consistency reliability analysis
    • Table 3. Discriminant validity (HTMT)
    • Table 4. Structural model results (direct effect)
    • Table 5. Mediation hypothesis testing
    • Data curation
      Alhareth Mohammed Abu Hussein, Al Montaser Mohammad, Ibrahim Mkheimer
    • Project administration
      Alhareth Mohammed Abu Hussein, Al Montaser Mohammad
    • Software
      Alhareth Mohammed Abu Hussein, Al Montaser Mohammad, Sanaa Suliman
    • Visualization
      Alhareth Mohammed Abu Hussein, Sanaa Suliman
    • Writing – review & editing
      Alhareth Mohammed Abu Hussein, Ibrahim Mkheimer
    • Conceptualization
      Al Montaser Mohammad, Ibrahim Mkheimer
    • Formal Analysis
      Al Montaser Mohammad, Sanaa Suliman
    • Funding acquisition
      Al Montaser Mohammad
    • Investigation
      Al Montaser Mohammad, Ibrahim Mkheimer
    • Methodology
      Al Montaser Mohammad, Sanaa Suliman
    • Resources
      Al Montaser Mohammad, Sanaa Suliman
    • Supervision
      Al Montaser Mohammad
    • Writing – original draft
      Al Montaser Mohammad, Sanaa Suliman
    • Validation
      Ibrahim Mkheimer