The influence of Employees Engagement and Organizational Culture as a Mediator of Transformational Leadership on Employee Performance of Government University in Fujian Sheng, People’s Republic of China
Keywords:
transformational leadership, employees engagement, organizational culture, employees performance, mediationAbstract
Potential human resources will lead the organization to its goals by building a relationship of individuality and work groups through employees engagement, which is a part of the organizational culture, strengthens on the whole organization. If the organization has a leader, who does not pay attention to employees’ opinions, lack of trust in teamwork, and lack of leadership. These will lead to the reflections of being worthless in faithfulness both in the public interest problems as well as the negative impact on personal performance as well. The objectives of this study were to: (1) study the importance of transformational leadership, employees engagement, organizational culture, and employees performance, (2) study the influence of employees engagement and organizational culture as a mediator of transformational leadership on employee performance, and (3) analyze the influence of employees engagement and organizational culture as a mediator of transformational leadership on employee’s performance of government university in Fujian Province People's Republic of China. This research was conducted in terms of quantitative research. The sample consisted of 706 teachers and staff, who have worked for more than 3 years. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics in terms of mean and standard deviation and inferential statistics were analyzed by the structural equations using ADANCO and Sobel's test. The results showed that all factors were at the high-level. They will also be given by ascending order from organizational culture, employee performance, employees engagement, and transformational leadership, respectively. Organizations, where prioritize transformational leadership, will increase employees engagement with the organization as well as lead to more efficient employee performance. In addition, transformational leadership focuses will create a strong organizational culture and lead to good employee performance as well. Moreover, employees engagement and organizational culture are the full mediation factor that transfer the influence of transformational leadership to employee performance as well.
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