Perceived National Culture and Perceived Organizational Support Effect on Transgender Employees Job Satisfaction.

TRANSGENDER employees; JOB satisfaction; CORPORATE culture; LEADER-member exchange theory; TRANSGENDER people

Job satisfaction is a significant factor and transgender individuals are part of community so this study measures job satisfaction of transgender individuals. This study examines the impact of national culture (NC) and perceived organizational support (POS) on transgender job satisfaction (TJS) in Pakistan with mediating effect of leader-member exchange (LMX) and discretionary power (DP) and also report a new empirical finding on TJS working in Pakistan. Researchers follow cross-sectional research design to conduct questionnaire survey. A well-structured questionnaire is adopted to collect data on study variables. Due to sensitivity of the respondents i.e. transgender employees, snowball sampling technique is used. The final analysis is applied to 261 responses. The findings show that NC influence POS and POS has a significant positive impact on TJS. Further, this study also confirms the mediation effect of LMX and DP between POS and TJS. This study identifies the need for creating supportive organizational environment through management support at work to elevate job satisfaction of trans-employees. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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