Impacts of Cultural Values on Leadership Style Preferences and Employees’ Organisational Commitment within Budget Hotel Sector in Sarawak

Workforce diversity has become a buzzword in this era of globalisation. It brings advantages to the organisations, such as an increase in employees’ organisational commitment. However, employees from different ethnic backgrounds may have different perceptions and implications on what constitutes eff...

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Main Author:	Ellin, Ng
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2023
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General)
Online Access:	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41827/7/Ellin%20Ng%20Keng%20Leng.pdf
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spelling	my-unimas-ir.418272024-02-19T07:36:14Z Impacts of Cultural Values on Leadership Style Preferences and Employees’ Organisational Commitment within Budget Hotel Sector in Sarawak 2023-05-16 Ellin, Ng H Social Sciences (General) HT Communities. Classes. Races Workforce diversity has become a buzzword in this era of globalisation. It brings advantages to the organisations, such as an increase in employees’ organisational commitment. However, employees from different ethnic backgrounds may have different perceptions and implications on what constitutes effective leadership, which may influence their organisational commitment. This research aims to assess the cultural values of the various ethnic groups in Sarawak, and find out whether there are significant differences in cultural values among them. In addition, the research investigates the influence of preferred leadership styles (transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire leadership styles) on organisational commitment and the moderating effect of cultural values. On the basis of judgmental sampling, 119 respondents from the budget hotel industry were chosen. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and the PLS-SEM two-step approach and two-stage approach for moderation analysis. The first aim reveals somewhat significant differences in cultural values among the ethnic groups, and most employees prefer their leaders to exhibit transformational leadership styles. A positive relationship was found between transformational leadership and organisational commitment. However, there was no moderating effect of cultural values on the relationship. This research contributes to the applicability of the transformational theory of leadership that leaders using transformational leadership styles are able to transform the values, goals, and priorities of followers to perform their tasks beyond expectations. Furthermore, managers could understand that different ethnic groups have somewhat significant differences in cultural values and that this could help tackle effective leadership and their organisational commitment. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak 2023-05 Thesis http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41827/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41827/7/Ellin%20Ng%20Keng%20Leng.pdf text en validuser masters Universiti Malaysia Sarawak Faculty of Economics and Business
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description	Workforce diversity has become a buzzword in this era of globalisation. It brings advantages to the organisations, such as an increase in employees’ organisational commitment. However, employees from different ethnic backgrounds may have different perceptions and implications on what constitutes effective leadership, which may influence their organisational commitment. This research aims to assess the cultural values of the various ethnic groups in Sarawak, and find out whether there are significant differences in cultural values among them. In addition, the research investigates the influence of preferred leadership styles (transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire leadership styles) on organisational commitment and the moderating effect of cultural values. On the basis of judgmental sampling, 119 respondents from the budget hotel industry were chosen. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and the PLS-SEM two-step approach and two-stage approach for moderation analysis. The first aim reveals somewhat significant differences in cultural values among the ethnic groups, and most employees prefer their leaders to exhibit transformational leadership styles. A positive relationship was found between transformational leadership and organisational commitment. However, there was no moderating effect of cultural values on the relationship. This research contributes to the applicability of the transformational theory of leadership that leaders using transformational leadership styles are able to transform the values, goals, and priorities of followers to perform their tasks beyond expectations. Furthermore, managers could understand that different ethnic groups have somewhat significant differences in cultural values and that this could help tackle effective leadership and their organisational commitment.
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author	Ellin, Ng
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title	Impacts of Cultural Values on Leadership Style Preferences and Employees’ Organisational Commitment within Budget Hotel Sector in Sarawak
title_short	Impacts of Cultural Values on Leadership Style Preferences and Employees’ Organisational Commitment within Budget Hotel Sector in Sarawak
title_full	Impacts of Cultural Values on Leadership Style Preferences and Employees’ Organisational Commitment within Budget Hotel Sector in Sarawak
title_fullStr	Impacts of Cultural Values on Leadership Style Preferences and Employees’ Organisational Commitment within Budget Hotel Sector in Sarawak
title_full_unstemmed	Impacts of Cultural Values on Leadership Style Preferences and Employees’ Organisational Commitment within Budget Hotel Sector in Sarawak
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granting_institution	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
granting_department	Faculty of Economics and Business
publishDate	2023
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Impacts of Cultural Values on Leadership Style Preferences and Employees’ Organisational Commitment within Budget Hotel Sector in Sarawak

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