John Fiset, Commerce (Fredericton, New Brunswick) There is a substantial body of research suggesting that transformational leadership is positively associated with employee performance, job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Recently, researchers have added employee health and well-being to the list of outcomes that are directly affected by the behaviour of organizational leaders. To expand this area of research, I examined the impact of various styles of leadership on employee well-being. I was also interested in the effects that leadership has on job satisfaction, absenteeism and turnover within the health care industry. I found that employees reported fewer physical and psychological symptoms of stress, higher levels of job satisfaction, and were less likely to express intentions of leaving an organization when they perceived their manager to be a transformational leader. Furthermore, my findings suggest that passive, uninvolved leadership, has the opposite impact on employee well being and work-related attitudes. The results of my study build on existing research and have important practical implications with respect to the development of healthy workplaces.