The Relationship between Leadership Styles and Employee Engagement: Evidences from Construction Companies in Malaysia
The growing global economy has intensified the complexity of the discrete but interrelated tasks involved in construction project. In order to achieve project success, the interactions between the team leaders and followers are vital. Taking into consideration the importance of leader to the organiz...
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| description | The growing global economy has intensified the complexity of the discrete but interrelated tasks involved in construction project. In order to achieve project success, the interactions between the team leaders and followers are vital. Taking into consideration the importance of leader to the organization, this study is therefore to examine the relationship between leadership styles (i.e. autocratic, democratic and laissez-faire) and employee engagement among the construction industry in Malaysia. Forty (40) sets of questionnaires were collected from the companies registered under the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Grade 7, located in Kuantan, Malaysia. The study reveals that the democratic leadership style is more frequently practiced by practitioners than the other two coexisting leadership styles, autocratic and laissez-faire. The level of employee engagement in the construction industry shows frequently high. And the three leadership styles are positively and significantly associated with employee engagement; but still the democratic leadership style demonstrates stronger association with the employee engagement. Hence, in order to ensure employees more vigorous, dedicated as well as absorbed in their work, project leaders are suggested to be more trustable, honest, fair and communicative towards their followers. |
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| spelling | UMPir111942015-11-20T03:33:16Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/11194/ The Relationship between Leadership Styles and Employee Engagement: Evidences from Construction Companies in Malaysia Liu, Yao Kee, Shin Woan Mohd Hanafiah, Ahmad HD28 Management. Industrial Management The growing global economy has intensified the complexity of the discrete but interrelated tasks involved in construction project. In order to achieve project success, the interactions between the team leaders and followers are vital. Taking into consideration the importance of leader to the organization, this study is therefore to examine the relationship between leadership styles (i.e. autocratic, democratic and laissez-faire) and employee engagement among the construction industry in Malaysia. Forty (40) sets of questionnaires were collected from the companies registered under the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Grade 7, located in Kuantan, Malaysia. The study reveals that the democratic leadership style is more frequently practiced by practitioners than the other two coexisting leadership styles, autocratic and laissez-faire. The level of employee engagement in the construction industry shows frequently high. And the three leadership styles are positively and significantly associated with employee engagement; but still the democratic leadership style demonstrates stronger association with the employee engagement. Hence, in order to ensure employees more vigorous, dedicated as well as absorbed in their work, project leaders are suggested to be more trustable, honest, fair and communicative towards their followers. 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/11194/1/The%20Relationship%20between%20Leadership%20Styles%20and%20Employee%20Engagement-%20Evidences%20from%20Construction%20Companies%20in%20Malaysia.pdf application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/11194/7/fim-2015-liu-Relationship%20between%20Leadership.pdf Liu, Yao and Kee, Shin Woan and Mohd Hanafiah, Ahmad (2015) The Relationship between Leadership Styles and Employee Engagement: Evidences from Construction Companies in Malaysia. In: Malaysian Technical Universities Conference on Engineering and Technology (MUCET) 2015 , 11-13 October 2015 , Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. pp. 1-9.. (In Press / Online First) (In Press / Online First) |
| spellingShingle | HD28 Management. Industrial Management Liu, Yao Kee, Shin Woan Mohd Hanafiah, Ahmad The Relationship between Leadership Styles and Employee Engagement: Evidences from Construction Companies in Malaysia |
| title | The Relationship between Leadership Styles and Employee Engagement: Evidences from Construction Companies in Malaysia |
| title_full | The Relationship between Leadership Styles and Employee Engagement: Evidences from Construction Companies in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | The Relationship between Leadership Styles and Employee Engagement: Evidences from Construction Companies in Malaysia |
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| title_short | The Relationship between Leadership Styles and Employee Engagement: Evidences from Construction Companies in Malaysia |
| title_sort | relationship between leadership styles and employee engagement evidences from construction companies in malaysia |
| topic | HD28 Management. Industrial Management |
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