Examining the mediating role of psychological empowerment in the relationship between transformational leadership and employee performance of Sabah public sector / Aminah Ahmad

In this era of globalisation, rapid and ever-changing economic and political landscape, employee performance is the highest priority of management, including the government sector. Employee performance is crucial to the organisation’s success and a pressing issue in the last few decades. Therefor...

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Main Author: Ahmad, Aminah
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Published: 2021
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spelling my-uitm-ir.611572022-06-08T04:41:32Z Examining the mediating role of psychological empowerment in the relationship between transformational leadership and employee performance of Sabah public sector / Aminah Ahmad 2021-12 Ahmad, Aminah Differential psychology. Individuality. Self Leadership. Transformational leadership Performance standards In this era of globalisation, rapid and ever-changing economic and political landscape, employee performance is the highest priority of management, including the government sector. Employee performance is crucial to the organisation’s success and a pressing issue in the last few decades. Therefore, this study aims to examine the mediating role of psychological empowerment between transformational leadership and employee performance in the public service sector of Sabah. Four hypotheses were tested using a newly developed model based on social exchange theory and transformational leadership. This study employed a quantitative study method using the questionnaire survey instrument. A non-probability sampling technique using the purposive sampling method was applied. The questionnaire was distributed to 380 employees of Support Group 1 & 2, ranging from Grade 19 to Grade 40; 286 questionnaires were successfully collected. Data collected were analysed using SmartPLS Version 3.3.3 and analysed to fulfill the research objectives. The results indicate that transformational leadership has an indirect significant effect on employee performance mediated by psychological empowerment. However, transformational leadership has no direct significant effect on employee performance in Sabah public sector. The findings of this study suggest that psychological empowerment has a significant does mediate the relationship with transformational leadership and employee performance. 2021-12 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/61157/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/61157/1/61157.pdf text en public phd doctoral Universiti Teknologi MARA Arshad Ayub Graduate Business School Ambad, Nabila Azwa (Dr.)
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
collection UiTM Institutional Repository
language English
advisor Ambad, Nabila Azwa (Dr.)
topic Differential psychology
Individuality
Self
Differential psychology
Individuality
Self
Performance standards
spellingShingle Differential psychology
Individuality
Self
Differential psychology
Individuality
Self
Performance standards
Ahmad, Aminah
Examining the mediating role of psychological empowerment in the relationship between transformational leadership and employee performance of Sabah public sector / Aminah Ahmad
description In this era of globalisation, rapid and ever-changing economic and political landscape, employee performance is the highest priority of management, including the government sector. Employee performance is crucial to the organisation’s success and a pressing issue in the last few decades. Therefore, this study aims to examine the mediating role of psychological empowerment between transformational leadership and employee performance in the public service sector of Sabah. Four hypotheses were tested using a newly developed model based on social exchange theory and transformational leadership. This study employed a quantitative study method using the questionnaire survey instrument. A non-probability sampling technique using the purposive sampling method was applied. The questionnaire was distributed to 380 employees of Support Group 1 & 2, ranging from Grade 19 to Grade 40; 286 questionnaires were successfully collected. Data collected were analysed using SmartPLS Version 3.3.3 and analysed to fulfill the research objectives. The results indicate that transformational leadership has an indirect significant effect on employee performance mediated by psychological empowerment. However, transformational leadership has no direct significant effect on employee performance in Sabah public sector. The findings of this study suggest that psychological empowerment has a significant does mediate the relationship with transformational leadership and employee performance.
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author Ahmad, Aminah
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title Examining the mediating role of psychological empowerment in the relationship between transformational leadership and employee performance of Sabah public sector / Aminah Ahmad
title_short Examining the mediating role of psychological empowerment in the relationship between transformational leadership and employee performance of Sabah public sector / Aminah Ahmad
title_full Examining the mediating role of psychological empowerment in the relationship between transformational leadership and employee performance of Sabah public sector / Aminah Ahmad
title_fullStr Examining the mediating role of psychological empowerment in the relationship between transformational leadership and employee performance of Sabah public sector / Aminah Ahmad
title_full_unstemmed Examining the mediating role of psychological empowerment in the relationship between transformational leadership and employee performance of Sabah public sector / Aminah Ahmad
title_sort examining the mediating role of psychological empowerment in the relationship between transformational leadership and employee performance of sabah public sector / aminah ahmad
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
granting_department Arshad Ayub Graduate Business School
publishDate 2021
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/61157/1/61157.pdf
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