Abstract

This study examines the impact of transformational leadership on employees' job satisfaction within Cameroon's education sector. Employing a quantitative approach, it used a questionnaire as the main data collection tool. A sample of 327 participants was selected through simple random sampling. Data analysis was conducted using the ordinary least squares (OLS) method with STATA 17. Results indicate that transformational leadership significantly enhances job satisfaction; specifically, a one-unit increase in transformational leadership corresponds to a 0.391609-point rise in job satisfaction in Cameroon's educational sector. The findings are statistically significant at the 1% level, leading us to reject the null hypothesis in favour of the alternative, and confirming that transformational leadership substantially affects job satisfaction. For policy, emphasis should be placed on promoting transformational leadership- encouraging, inspiring, training, and supporting employees to improve morale, job satisfaction, and overall institutional performance.