The objectives of this research is to find out the effects of leadership style, work environment, and the lecturers satisfaction. The research has been conducted at Pakuan University, Bogor. The method used was a survey with data analysis of path analysis. The respondents were 72 out of 264 total lekturers in the university. They were selected randomly. The research finding are as the followings: 1) leadership style has a direct effect on the lecturer’s satisfaction; 2) on the work environment has also a direct effect on the job satisfaction; 3) the expectation gives a direct effect on job satisfaction, but the leadership style gives and indirect effect on job satisfaction, but the leadership style gives an indirect effect on job satisfaction through expectation; and 4) the working environment has also indirect effect on the job satisfaction through expectation. It can be concluded that the lecturer’s satisfaction is affected by the leadership style, work environment and the lecturer’s expectation. Therefore, the recommendation ofthis research is that the head master of university should apply transformational leadership style in his environment, to fullfil lectures professionality work through academic and non academic.

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Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meneliti pengaruh gaya kepemimpinan, lingkungan kerja, dan harapan dosen terhadap kepuasan kerja. Penelitian dilaksanakan di Universitas Pakuan Bogor melalui metode survai dengan analisis data analisis jalur. Sampel penelitian ini sebanyak 72 orang dosen dari 264 dosen tetap.Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat: 1) gaya kepemimpinan berpengaruh langsung terhadap kepuasan kerja; 2) lingkungan kerja berpengaruh langsung terhadap kepuasan kerja; dan 3) harapan dosen berpengaruh langsung terhadap kepuasan kerja; 4) gaya kepemimpinan berpengaruh tidak langsung terhadap kepuasan kerja melalui harapan dosen; dan 5) lingkungan kerja berpengaruh tidak langsung terhadap kepuasan kerja melalui harapan dosen. Dengan demikian, kepuasan kerja dipengaruhi oleh gaya kepemimpinan, lingkungan kerja, dan harapan dosen. Penelitian ini merekomendasikan kepada pemimpin universitas agar menerapkan gaya kepemimpinan transformasional di lingkungannya dan untuk memenuhi harapan dan kepuasan kerja para dosen agar bekerja berbudaya mutu dan profesional, baik secara akademik maupun non akademik.