Transformational Leadership
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Transformational leadership is an approach that seeks to inspire and transform employees through trust, encouragement, and innovation. Read this article as the researchers present their findings on how this leadership style impacts employee performance, burnout, and social loafing.
The aim of this research was to study the effect of transformational
leadership on employees' work outcomes which include their work
performances and working burnout, and their working behavior such as
social loafing at workplace. Also, it studies the impact of intrinsic
motivation as a mediator between transformational leadership and other
stated variables. A cross-sectional survey was conducted to collect data
from 308 employees working in the telecommunication sector. To test the
hypotheses, Model 4 of Process Hayes was used to test direct and
mediating effects among transformational leadership and employees' work
outcomes and working behavior. The results showed that transformational
leadership has a significant positive relationship with mediator
intrinsic motivation. The results also concluded that work performance
has positive significant relationship with transformational leadership.
However, there is indirect and insignificant relationship of
transformational leadership with working burnout and social loafing.
Therefore, it can be stated that organizational leaders must have
transformational attributes by getting informed of their employees well
because transformational leader can inspire employees to achieve
anticipated or significant outcomes. It gives employees self-confidence
over specific jobs, as well as the power to make decisions once they
have been trained.
Source: Hira Khan, Maryam Rehmat, Tahira Hassan Butt, Saira Farooqi, and Javaria Asim, https://fbj.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s43093-020-00043-8
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