Open Journal of Leadership, 2018, 7, 1-18 http://www.scirp.org/journal/ojl ISSN Online: 2167-7751 ISSN Print: 2167-7743 DOI: 10.4236/ojl.2018.71001 Feb. 27, 2018 1 Open Journal of Leadership Insights to Argumentativeness in Relation to Leadership Style and Job Satisfaction: Using Employees’ Sport Organizations as an Illustration Alexandra Bekiari, Varvara Ntakou Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Science, University of Thessaly, Thessaly, Greece Abstract Aim of the study is to: a) reveal statistically significant differences in argu- mentativeness, leadership style and employee satisfaction between gender and age, b) explore the relationship between perceived superiors’ argumentative- ness, leadership style and self-reported employees’ job satisfaction, c) investi- gate the influence of argumentativeness on leadership style and employee sa- tisfaction in sport organizations and d) propose an employees’ and superiors’ typology. The sample consisted of 211 Greek employees of sport organiza- tions. According to MANOVA’s findings, statistically significant differences were observed between gender and age in perceived superiors’ argumenta- tiveness, leadership style and self-reported employee satisfaction. Perceived superiors’ argumentativeness was negatively related to autocratic leadership style, self-reported employees’ salary and promotion. There was a positive significant relationship between superiors’ argumentativeness and democratic leadership style, employees’ work conditions, work content, immediate supe- rior and organization as a whole. Regression analysis revealed that perceived superiors’ argumentativeness could significantly predict the variables of dem- ocratic leadership style and employees’ work conditions, work content and immediate superior. Distinct types of relations between employees and supe- riors are the “unitarist” and the “individualist”. Keywords Argumentativeness, Leadership Style, Job Satisfaction, Sport Organizations, Employees 1. Introduction This study aims at investigating relations among perceived superiors’ argumen- How to cite this paper: Bekiari, A., & Ntakou, V. (2018). Insights to Argumenta- tiveness in Relation to Leadership Style and Job Satisfaction: Using Employees’ Sport Organizations as an Illustration. Open Jour- nal of Leadership, 7, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojl.2018.71001 Received: January 9, 2018 Accepted: February 24, 2018 Published: February 27, 2018 Copyright © 2018 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access