The relationship of Leader Members Exchange (LMX) towards the employees' attitude / Hanizah Abd Latiff

This research is regarding the relationship between Leader Member Exchange (LMX) towards the employees' attitude. This study investigates the level of the variables of leader member exchange affected the commitment and job satisfaction of the employees. The variables are leader empathy, ethical leadership and relations behavior. The questionnaires were distributed randomly to the employees in Talent Corporation Malaysia Berhad. The respondents for this study were 60 respondents, but only 52 respondents were selected to be used to find the findings based on Krejcie & Morgan table from a given population. After collected the questionnaires from the respondents, the data had been analyzed by using Statistical Packages for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21 to get the results. Based on the findings, ethical leadership was the most affected variable towards employees' attitude. Based on the Cohen's table, the findings show that the level of the leader member exchange towards the dependent variables is in strong correlation. The researcher suggested that training for leaders should be conducted to improve the job satisfaction and commitment of the employees.