The effects of transformational leadership dimensions on employee performance in the hospitality industry in Malaysia
Employee performance plays a crucial role in the productivity of organizations, especially in the hospitality industry in Malaysia. This work performance is influenced by leadership style, and finding the type of leadership style that is suitable to apply to employees is crucial, especially in the m...
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| author | Brenda Ern Wei Teoh Walton Wider Abidah Saad Toong Hai Sam Asokan Vasudevan Surianti Lajuma |
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| description | Employee performance plays a crucial role in the productivity of organizations, especially in the hospitality industry in Malaysia. This work performance is influenced by leadership style, and finding the type of leadership style that is suitable to apply to employees is crucial, especially in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Transformational leadership theory is selected for this study in determining leadership styles. There are four dimensions under transformational leadership theory, namely idealized influence, individualized consideration, inspirational motivation and intellectual stimulation. Data were collected online from 400 employees working in the hospitality industry in Malaysia and analyzed using partial least square structure equation modeling (PLS-SEM). The findings show that only two dimensions of transformational leadership, namely idealized influence and inspirational motivation, have a significant positive influence on employee performance. Implications in the context of human resource management and recommendations to increase employee performance are also discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-443a30a4008a437ba3885168a95ae9342022-12-22T03:20:25ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-09-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.913773913773The effects of transformational leadership dimensions on employee performance in the hospitality industry in MalaysiaBrenda Ern Wei Teoh0Walton Wider1Abidah Saad2Toong Hai Sam3Asokan Vasudevan4Surianti Lajuma5Faculty of Business and Communications, INTI International University, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, MalaysiaFaculty of Business and Communications, INTI International University, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, MalaysiaFaculty of Business Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Merbok, Kedah, MalaysiaFaculty of Business and Communications, INTI International University, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, MalaysiaFaculty of Business and Communications, INTI International University, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, MalaysiaFaculty of Business and Communications, INTI International University, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, MalaysiaEmployee performance plays a crucial role in the productivity of organizations, especially in the hospitality industry in Malaysia. This work performance is influenced by leadership style, and finding the type of leadership style that is suitable to apply to employees is crucial, especially in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Transformational leadership theory is selected for this study in determining leadership styles. There are four dimensions under transformational leadership theory, namely idealized influence, individualized consideration, inspirational motivation and intellectual stimulation. Data were collected online from 400 employees working in the hospitality industry in Malaysia and analyzed using partial least square structure equation modeling (PLS-SEM). The findings show that only two dimensions of transformational leadership, namely idealized influence and inspirational motivation, have a significant positive influence on employee performance. Implications in the context of human resource management and recommendations to increase employee performance are also discussed.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.913773/fullemployee performancetransformational leadershipidealized influenceindividualized considerationinspirational motivationintellectual stimulation |
| spellingShingle | Brenda Ern Wei Teoh Walton Wider Abidah Saad Toong Hai Sam Asokan Vasudevan Surianti Lajuma The effects of transformational leadership dimensions on employee performance in the hospitality industry in Malaysia Frontiers in Psychology employee performance transformational leadership idealized influence individualized consideration inspirational motivation intellectual stimulation |
| title | The effects of transformational leadership dimensions on employee performance in the hospitality industry in Malaysia |
| title_full | The effects of transformational leadership dimensions on employee performance in the hospitality industry in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | The effects of transformational leadership dimensions on employee performance in the hospitality industry in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effects of transformational leadership dimensions on employee performance in the hospitality industry in Malaysia |
| title_short | The effects of transformational leadership dimensions on employee performance in the hospitality industry in Malaysia |
| title_sort | effects of transformational leadership dimensions on employee performance in the hospitality industry in malaysia |
| topic | employee performance transformational leadership idealized influence individualized consideration inspirational motivation intellectual stimulation |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.913773/full |
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