Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of CEO’s strategic leadership on organizational communication and job satisfaction and the moderating effects of trust in management.
The subjects of this study were 276 small and medium-sized enterprises in Gyeonggi-do, and the mediating and moderating effects were analyzed by using a structural equation
model.
The results of this study are as follows: First, strategic leadership has a significant effect on communication. Second, communication had a significant effect on job satisfaction, and third, strategic leadership had a positive effect on job satisfaction. Fourth, it was confirmed
that the high-level group with high management trust had a high moderating effect on the effect of strategic leadership on communication ability and job satisfaction.
The results of this study suggest that when CEOs face a multi-variable environment today, they continue their efforts to have strategic leadership, they can expect the management performance according to the secondary organizational performance by improving the management performance as well as smooth communication among the employees and work efficiency according to job satisfaction.

Key words: Strategic leadership, communication, job satisfaction, trust in management