Abstract: Purpose – Acareer satisfaction research on public sector employees is conducted to figure out the influence of leadership style and organizational climate, and the role of job involvementon career satisfaction. Design / methodology / approach – The respondents of this research are the employees of the public sector at Bengkulu province with the number amounted to 385. The data analysis is using Descriptive Analysis, and Statistical Inferential Analysis with Structural Equation Modeling (CFA and Regression Weight). Findings - Leadership style and organizational climate positive effect on career satisfaction, a significant difference between leadership style and job involvement, organizational climate positive effect on job involvement, job involvement had no........
Keywords: Career satisfaction, leadership style, organizational climate, job involvement
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