The Effect of Leadership Behavior on Job Satisfaction and Goal Agreement and Attainment in Local TV News

Abstract

A study of local news staff members from competitive television markets in the Midwest compares effects of leadership styles on whether workers are satisfied with their jobs, achieve organizational goals or agree with news managers on goals. News managers emphasized both relationships and task accomplishment, but relationship-oriented managers were more often associated with job satisfaction and accomplishment of newsroom goals. Respondents (to a survey questionnaire) said they were more satisfied with their work when they reached department goals and when they agreed with their news directors on the priority of those goals.