Frequency of Commensality with Leaders, Perceived Leadership Effectiveness and Job Satisfaction among Corporate Employees

Abstract

The present study investigated the relationship between the frequency of commensality of leaders with their subordinates, perceived leadership effectiveness and job satisfaction. The responses were collected using both, online as well as offline methods, google forms as well as using paper pencil test. The participants (N=100) responded to the scales of job satisfaction given by Dr. Amar Singh and Dr. T. R. Sharma, Leadership effectiveness scale by Dr. Haseen Taj and a 5-point Likert scale for the frequency of commensality. The findings suggested that commensality has a positive correlation with perceived leadership effectiveness and job satisfaction, additionally it also suggested that frequent commensality of the leaders with their subordinates improved employee’s perception of their leader’s effectiveness and job satisfaction. These findings are very useful in a corporate setting as commensality is not just related to eating together but also improves team bonding and understanding and comradery.