The current study investigates the effect of leadership styles, dominant in higher education institutions in North A’Sharqiyah Governorate, on the career satisfaction. The study also explores the dominant leadership styles adopted by leaders of these institutions and career satisfaction of employees. In the present study, descriptive analytical methodology was used as it was the suitable method for the subject at hand. In carrying out the study, the researcher used both the questionnaire, as a tool for collecting information, and data resulted from two fields. The first field was exploring the prevailing leadership styles of the higher education institutions’ leaders in North A’Sharqiyah Governorate; democratic, autocratic and hands-off leadership. The second field was gauging career satisfaction of the employees in these institutions. The questionnaire was distributed to the study subjects which were (651) individuals. The number of respondents was (233) with a completion rate of (35.8%) of the surveyed group. Several findings have resulted from the study; most importantly that there is a relationship of statistical significance between leadership styles of the leaders in higher education institutions in North A’Sharqiyah Governorate and the employees’ career satisfaction in these institutions. The study found that the democratic leadership was the dominant style followed by the autocratic and hands-off style. Moreover, the study pointed out that the level of career satisfaction was high, according to the study respondents. Therefore, the study offered a number of recommendations; (1) the importance of adopting the democratic leadership style and practising all its aspects including participation of employees in decision-making, delegation of authority and building positive human relationship with them, (2) seeking to increase the level of career satisfaction by adopting the most appropriate methods to maximize it among employees and listening to their viewpoints, (3) providing training for employees to adopt democratic leadership style when they take up leadership positions, and (4) spreading knowledge and raising awareness about the importance of democratic leadership style and the positive impact that style has on both the organization and subordinates. Key words: leadership styles, career satisfaction, higher education institutions in North A’Sharqiyah Governorate.