Transformational leadership, psychological empowerment, and the moderating role of mechanistic-organic contexts

2013 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 413-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott B. Dust ◽  
Christian J. Resick ◽  
Mary Bardes Mawritz
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Psychological Empowerment ◽  
Moderating Role

scholarly journals Authentic and transformational leadership and innovative work behaviour: the moderating role of psychological empowerment

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matej Grošelj ◽  
Matej Černe ◽  
Sandra Penger ◽  
Barbara Grah
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Authentic Leadership ◽  
Psychological Empowerment ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Innovative Work ◽  
Innovative Work Behaviour ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to analyse the moderating role of psychological empowerment on the relationships between authentic leadership and innovative work behaviour, as well as transformational leadership and innovative work behaviour.Design/methodology/approachWe have applied the mixed-method research on the selected case study. The quantitative field study was conducted on a sample of 126 employees in a multinational technological company. A series of paired sample t-tests were followed by a hierarchical regression analysis to test the hypotheses. The qualitative study consists of a content analysis of in-depth semi-structured interviews with four leaders.FindingsThe research provides further confirmation of the positive relationship between leadership and innovative work behaviour. Specifically, the results showed that psychological empowerment moderates the relationship between leadership (authentic as well as transformational leadership) and innovative work behaviour.Originality/valueThis paper contributed to leadership and innovation literature and provided insights in studying the boundary conditions on the relationship between authentic leadership, as well as transformational leadership, in stimulating innovative work behaviour through the moderating role of psychological empowerment. The added value is expanded by introducing the comparison of the two leadership theories.

scholarly journals The Impact of Transformational Leadership Effects on Innovative Work Behavior by the Moderating Role of Psychological Empowerment

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 925-938 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arif Md. Khan ◽  
Amer Hamzah Bin Jantan ◽  
Lailawati Binti Mohd Salleh ◽  
Zuraina Dato’ Mansor ◽  
Md Asadul Islam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Psychological Empowerment ◽  
Work Behavior ◽  
Innovative Work Behavior ◽  
Innovative Work ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Moderating Role

scholarly journals Relationship between Proactive Personality Traits and Transformational Leadership Style among Workers: Moderating Role of Psychological Empowerment

2021 ◽  
Vol 04 (09) ◽  
Author(s):  
Iloke, Stephen E. ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Psychological Empowerment ◽  
Proactive Personality ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Transformational Leadership Style ◽  
Moderating Role

The purpose of this study is to investigate relationship between proactive personality traits and transformational leadership style among workers: moderating role of psychological empowerment. The study was guided by two hypotheses. A total of 112 participants were selected for the study using simple random and convenience sampling technique. The participants were all non-teaching staff of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra-Nigeria. The participants comprised of 62 males and 50 females with a mean age of 32.51 and standard deviation of 8.68. Their age ranged from 18 to 51 years. The study made use of three instruments namely: proactive personality scale by Bateman & Crant (1993), transformational leadership inventory by Podsakoff (1990) and psychological empowerment scale by Spreitzer (1995). The study is a survey study which adopted the correlational design; consequently multiple linear regressions were used as a statistical tool for data analysis. The result showed that proactive personality positively and significantly correlated with transformational leadership style at r = .33, p < .01. Furthermore, the interaction effect between proactive personality trait, all the dimensions of psychological empowerment accounted for negative significant variance than just proactive personality and transformational leadership styles alone, R2 change = .07 at p <. 01. Based on the findings of the study, the researchers recommended that Organizations are advised to employ transformational leadership styles as it is also a way of empowering the employees psychologically.

Leadership and Employee Motivation: Moderating Role of Gender

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Beena Prakash
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Employee Motivation ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Demand Pull ◽  
Logistics Services ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Core Issues ◽  
Moderating Role

With the present business environment which is creating a strong demand pull for quality and efficient logistics services, core issues are being gradually removed with time but HR issues are still neglected. Motivation can be the key process of boosting the morale of employees to encourage them to willingly give their best in accomplishing assigned tasks. During growth of any sector, dimensions of leadership can have great impact on employee motivation. This research paper analyzes impact of transformational leadership on employee motivation and moderating role of gender. The result shows significant positive correlation between transformational leadership and employee motivation and gender does moderate the relationship.

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