Abstract:

This study was intended to establish the influence of leadership styles on job satisfaction.
a case of NARO. The investigation was guided by the following objectives; to establish
the influence of Autocratic leadership styles on employee job satisfaction, to assess the
relationship between democratic leadership styles and employee job satisfaction intended
to find out, using a 76 respondents who participated in the research out of 109
purposively and random sampled from the NARO.
The research was both qualitative, and quantitative, using interview, and questionnaire,
method for a more comprehensive analysis. The study was non experimental in which
researcher employed both descriptive survey cross sectional designs to assess how
leadership influences, and sustains employee job satisfaction; because the design
facilitates the appropriate description of the prevailing situation. Observation and
interview schedule instruments were utilized, and the obtained data were analyzed SPSS
program. Inferential statistics were drawn using spearman in which hypothesis was
tested. It was concluded that Autocratic leadership style does not have a significant
influence
influence the job satisfaction on of the staff of NARO (p=0.03). It was then
recommended that the managerial staff should undertake training in management skills
improvement to cater for gaps in leadership that have been observed by the staff and the
staff should be motivated by considering salary increment through lobbying from the
Ministry among others.
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on job satisfaction (p=0.06) and democratic leadership has a significant