The role of work-life balance with transformative leadership and job satisfaction: A research on accounting employees

The aim of this study is to examine the role of work-life balance in the relation between transformational leadership and job satisfaction on accounting employees. The population of the research consists of accounting sector employees in small, medium and large-scale businesses in Duzce. The sample of the research consists of 150 accounting employees working in Duzce province, accessed by convenience and snowball sampling method. A questionnaire was chosen as the data collection method and was applied through an internet based program. As a result of the analysis, it has been determined that transformational leadership and its sub-dimensions have a significant and positive effect on the job satisfaction of accounting employees. In addition, it has been determined that perception of work-life balance has a partial mediating role in the relationship between transformational leadership and job satisfaction. There is a significant relationship between accounting employees' transformational leadership perception and job satisfaction, transformational leadership perception and work-life balance, work-life balance and job satisfaction; It means that the leader who contributes to work-life balance partially increases job satisfaction. Accordingly, it has been shown that transformational leadership increases the job satisfaction levels of accounting employees by helping to achieve work-life balance.