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1.6 Research QuestionsThe research will address the following questions:Main Research Question: How and why do leadership style (Transformational,Transactional) and organizational culture (Bureaucratic,Innovative or Supportive) affect organizational commitment inSmall and Medium-sized Enterprises, through job satisfaction?This research will argue that organizational commitment is influenced by different types oforganizational culture and different styles of leadership. Job satisfaction has a mediating rolein this relationship; it can either strengthen or weaken the organizational commitment ofemployees.The following secondary research questions will also be answered:1. How and why does leadership style (Transactional, Transformational) affect jobsatisfaction within SME’s?2. How and why does organizational culture (Bureaucratic, Innovative or Supportive)affect job satisfaction within SME’s?3. How does job satisfaction affect organizational commitment?4. Does Transformational leadership have a direct effect on Organizationalcommitment?The secondary research questions will help determine the answer to the main researchquestion and clarify the different concepts mentioned.1.7 Research <strong>Lim</strong>itationsThe limitations in this research are as follows: Other variables, beyond the earlier mentioned will not be considered in this research; Not all the needed company data is correctly documented or retraceable; Not all company data is up-to date; There is no information of the total number of SMEs in Suriname.6
1.8 Outline of the <strong>Thesis</strong> structure1. Introduction2. Literature Review3. Research Methodology4. Findings and Analysis5. Discussion, Conclusions andRecommendationsFigure 1-1Structure of the thesisThis thesis consists of 5 chapters of which the first chapter covers the Introduction to thesubject with the relevance and justification, the research questions, problem statement,objectives and the limitations. Next the literature review (2) where the researcher analyzes theexisting literature about the subject and develops a theoretical framework for the study.Thereafter the research methodology (3) is described. Here the methods used to achieve theresearch objectives are explained. In the finding and analysis chapter (chapter 4) the resultsare presented. These results will be analyzed and tested. Furthermore the researcher willdiscuss the meaning of the findings in chapter 5. The conclusions and the recommendationswill also be given this chapter.7
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