Authors: Knollyne Oindih Gai (Adventist University of Africa, Kenya) and Josephine Ganu, PhD (Adventist University of Africa, Kenya)
Abstract: This study examined the followership styles and job satisfaction of Seventh-day Adventist denominational workers in Kenya. It is a cross-sectional quantitative study, using a correlational research design with a sample of 333 full-time and contract denominational employees from eleven Seventh-day Adventist organizations in Kenya. Data was collected using a questionnaire adapted from Kelley’s (1992) followership style and job satisfaction (Martin, 2006). The findings revealed that Seventh-day Adventist denominational workers in Kenya predominantly display an exemplary followership style, followed by conformist, pragmatic, passive and alienated styles. Pearson’s correlation analysis showed that job satisfaction was positively correlated with exemplary, conformist, and pragmatic followership styles, whereas it was negatively correlated with the alienated followership style. The stepwise multiple regression analysis indicated that only exemplary and pragmatic followership styles positively predicted job satisfaction, whereas alienated followership negatively predicted job satisfaction. This study highlights the importance of fostering the exemplary followership and reducing alienated followership to enhance job satisfaction among denominational workers in Kenya. The findings provide valuable insights into the dynamics of followership and job satisfaction within the context of religious organizations in Africa, contributing to the growing body of research on followership in diverse cultural and organizational settings.