Transformational leadership and employee turnover intention : a study in a manufacturing based company in Malaysia

Employee turnover intention has always been essential issue to the ongoing success of organizations. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between transformational leadership styles and employee turnover intention. Besides, the study also intended to identify the most appropriate...

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Main Author:	Amayappan, Sangeetha S.
Format:	Thesis
Published:	2013
Subjects:	HD Industries Land use Labor
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spelling	my-utm-ep.488732020-07-05T03:08:46Z Transformational leadership and employee turnover intention : a study in a manufacturing based company in Malaysia 2013-09 Amayappan, Sangeetha S. HD Industries. Land use. Labor Employee turnover intention has always been essential issue to the ongoing success of organizations. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between transformational leadership styles and employee turnover intention. Besides, the study also intended to identify the most appropriate dimension of transformational leadership style that contributes to employee turnover intention. The research was conducted at one of the manufacturing based organization in Malaysia. About 152 employees participated in th is research. A set of research instruments were used to obtain the data. The multifactor leadership questionnaire (MLQ) developed by Bass (1985) is used to measure transformational leadership style practiced by the heads of department within the organization. Whereas, the employee turnover intention measured through the questionnaires developed by Suguna (2012) and Hafizudin (2012) respectively. The data collected, were analyzed using the descriptive statistics which are the mean, percentage and inferential statistic like pearson correlation coefficient and the multiple regressions. The results showed that, transformational leadership styles have negative and significant relationship with employee turnover intention, which means the more the leaders practice transformational leadership styles, the less of employee turnover intention will take place in the organization. The results further explained that the leaders, in fact practice more Idealized Influence dimension of transformational leadership as compared to other dimensions. In addition, the study has proven that the transformational leadership style contributed towards employee turnover intention. Based on the results obtained, the researcher has made some recommendations to the organization concerned and also for future researchers who might be interested to further their study in either in transformational leadership style or employee turnover intention. 2013-09 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/48873/ http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:77682 masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Management and Human Resource Development Faculty of Management and Human Resource Development
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spellingShingle	HD Industries Land use Labor Amayappan, Sangeetha S. Transformational leadership and employee turnover intention : a study in a manufacturing based company in Malaysia
description	Employee turnover intention has always been essential issue to the ongoing success of organizations. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between transformational leadership styles and employee turnover intention. Besides, the study also intended to identify the most appropriate dimension of transformational leadership style that contributes to employee turnover intention. The research was conducted at one of the manufacturing based organization in Malaysia. About 152 employees participated in th is research. A set of research instruments were used to obtain the data. The multifactor leadership questionnaire (MLQ) developed by Bass (1985) is used to measure transformational leadership style practiced by the heads of department within the organization. Whereas, the employee turnover intention measured through the questionnaires developed by Suguna (2012) and Hafizudin (2012) respectively. The data collected, were analyzed using the descriptive statistics which are the mean, percentage and inferential statistic like pearson correlation coefficient and the multiple regressions. The results showed that, transformational leadership styles have negative and significant relationship with employee turnover intention, which means the more the leaders practice transformational leadership styles, the less of employee turnover intention will take place in the organization. The results further explained that the leaders, in fact practice more Idealized Influence dimension of transformational leadership as compared to other dimensions. In addition, the study has proven that the transformational leadership style contributed towards employee turnover intention. Based on the results obtained, the researcher has made some recommendations to the organization concerned and also for future researchers who might be interested to further their study in either in transformational leadership style or employee turnover intention.
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qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Amayappan, Sangeetha S.
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title	Transformational leadership and employee turnover intention : a study in a manufacturing based company in Malaysia
title_short	Transformational leadership and employee turnover intention : a study in a manufacturing based company in Malaysia
title_full	Transformational leadership and employee turnover intention : a study in a manufacturing based company in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Transformational leadership and employee turnover intention : a study in a manufacturing based company in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Transformational leadership and employee turnover intention : a study in a manufacturing based company in Malaysia
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Transformational leadership and employee turnover intention : a study in a manufacturing based company in Malaysia

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