The effect of transformational leadership on employee job satisfaction with the meditation of trust to supervisors

Leadership is an important role that can affect the success or failure of an organization. Transformational leadership is known to motivate others to do more than they should and often more than expected. In addition to the leadership role, the role of trust in supervisors is also needed in supporting the main goals of the company. Thus, these two variables will support the aspects that make the company's goals well achieved and employee welfare remains positive, which is also related to job satisfaction. This study aims to determine the effect of transformational leadership on job satisfaction, with the mediation of trust to supervisors on employees of PDAM Surya Sembada Surabaya. This study uses a quantitative approach and uses primary data of 33 people, where the data is collected using a questionnaire method that is distributed to employees at PDAM Surya Sembada Surabaya. The data testing technique used in this research is to use the Partial Least Square (PLS) analysis technique which is part of the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and the Sobel Test to test the mediation effect.