Consequently, the present study aims at analyzing the influence that a leadership style that is appropriate for the organizational cultural environment may have in solving, or at least in improving the above mentioned issues. The leaders’ involvement in the implementation and support of the motivational model proposed in the present research may lead to increased job satisfaction of employees. Starting from the assumption that there is a bidirectional link between job satisfaction and the performance achieved, the present study focuses on increasing performance at the level of the group as a final result.
1. Literature review
The main elements of the research model presented in this paper will be briefly described in the next paragraphs, as they can be found in the literature, also underlining the main connections identified between constructs.