Facets of the transactional leadership style of black top-managers and employee commitment in state-owned enterprises

Mabasa, Tabea; Eresia-Eke, Chukuakadibia E.

doi:10.35683/jcm21083.153

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“…These findings contradict the findings reported in similar literature on other countries, which shows strong correlation between leadership styles and financial performance. Some examples of such studies include that of Arif and Sule (2019), which looked specifically into the leadership style and its relations to financial capability of the SOEs of Indonesia that observed significant correlation between transformational leadership and financial performance and similar findings were observed in Canada (Lee, 2017) and South Africa (Mabasa, 2018). One reason for the finding could be the small SOE population in the Maldives for statistical testing.…”

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confidence: 91%

Leadership in state-owned enterprises of the Maldives

SINAU

2022

MNJR

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Leadership is often attributed to the successes and failures of different types of organisations existing in various contexts. The aim of this quantitative correlation study is to analyse the prevalent leadership styles in state-owned enterprises (SOE) of the Maldives and its relationship with the financial performance. Additionally, it looked at the possible contextual factors which could influence leadership styles of the SOEs. The study includes 10 SOEs from the Maldives and analyses their leadership style using the data collected from the managers of the SOEs using a Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) questionnaire. The contextual influence was analysed using Likert scale questions structured based on the Maldivian context and the existing literature. Financial performance was analysed by comparing return on capital employed (ROCE) of the SOEs, which was collected through the annual reports published by the enterprises. The findings of the study showed that transformational leadership style was common in the SOEs of the Maldives. It also highlighted a significant negative correlation with the contextual factors and transformational leadership style. Contrary to most existing literature, the study did not find any significant correlations with leadership style and financial performance. The findings of the study could be of help to the government in appointing leaders and in setting up regulations for the SOEs. The results of the study also suggest the need for further research to more confidently comment about the importance of leadership style in the SOE domain.

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confidence: 91%

Leadership in state-owned enterprises of the Maldives

SINAU

2022

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“…Leaders who fail to recognise the link between an engaged workforce and organisational outcomes endanger their organisations (Keyko et al, 2016). An organisation's failure to appoint managers with the right attributes undermines efforts to promote educators' engagement (Mabasa, 2018) because members' loyalty within organisations is greatly determined by leadership (Bussin, 2018). Leaders should be peoplecentric.…”

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“…Last, it can be seen from the above that an organisation's failure to appoint managers with the right attributes undermines efforts to promote educators' engagement (Mabasa, 2018) because members' loyalty within organisations is greatly determined by leadership (Bussin, 2018). Leaders who fail to recognise the link between an engaged workforce and organisational outcomes endanger their organisations (Keyko et al, 2016).…”

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Engagement of Educators in Private Family Business Schools: The Role of a Healthy Leadership Environment

Kambi Masha,

Bwowe,

Nikisi

2023

BEL

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Educators play a crucial role in youth preparation, education, work, and life. They manage classroom environments, engage learners, and act as leaders. The public education system in South Africa is facing a crisis, with private family business schools (PFBSs) emerging. Educators in South Africa face challenges in youth preparation, education, work, and life, requiring a healthy leadership environment to manage classroom environments and engage learners. Thus, a healthy leadership environment is essential for educators to feel involved in their work. However, low employee engagement levels can lead to economic challenges such as unemployment, poverty, and inequality, exacerbated by illiteracy. This paper summarises the arguments and counterarguments within the scientific discussion on the issue of the significance of apt leadership for employee engagement. The aim of the paper was to examine the extent to which leadership predicts levels of engagement of educators in private family business schools. The relevance of this scientific study is that it gives key information to leaders in private family business schools on how leadership is paramount for educators to be engaged. The investigation of the topic in this study is carried out in the following logical sequence: Introduction, literature review, methodology, data analysis and results, discussion, recommendations, conclusion, limitations, future research, acknowledgements and research funding and references. The study followed an explanatory, non-experimental research design using a positivist research paradigm and approached this study from a unique axiology, ontology, epistemology, technique, and rhetorical stance that set the tone for ontological, epistemological, methodological, axiological, and rhetorical positions. Using a census sampling technique, data was collected using structured, self-administered, emailed, and drop-off questionnaires. This study’s hypothesis was tested using appropriate inferential statistics. Non-parametric analysis techniques were used to test the research hypothesis. The research empirically confirms and theoretically proves that leadership predicts engagement levels of educators in PFBSs. The results of the study can be helpful to leaders in private family business schools in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa and other regions of the world.

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“…Transformational leadership is currently one of the most attractive leadership styles (Elsaid & Mostafa, 2016;Van Zyl & Hofmeyr, 2021;Yi, Uddin, Das, Mahmood, & Sohel, 2019). In addition, prior studies indicate that it is perceived as one of the most effective leadership styles in determining positive employee behaviour outcomes (Atan & Mahmood, 2019;Buil, Martínez, & Matute, 2019;Chipunza & Matsumunyane, 2018;Elsaid & Mostafa, 2016;Khattak, Zolin, & Muhammad, 2020;Le & Lei, 2018Mabasa, 2018). Transformational leadership refers to a leader inspiring his or her followers to adopt the vision of the organisation as if it were their own and focus their energy (Tebele, 2012) towards the achievement of collective goals (Engelbrecht & Samuel, 2019).…”

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Transformational leadership influences on organisational justice and employee commitment in a customer service organisation

Khuzwayo

Flotman

Mitonga-Monga

2022

SA Journal of Industrial Psychology

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The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between organisational justice and employee commitment and to examine the moderating effect of TL on the relationship between organisational justice and employee commitment in a customer service organisation. Motivation for the study:The research setting of this study is a customer service organisation. This organisation calls for a role model leadership approach, such as TL, to create a just, fair workplace and ultimately increase the level of employee commitment.Research approach/design and method: A quantitative cross-sectional survey design was used to collect the data from a sample of 111 permanently employed staff in a South African customer service organisation. Main findings:The findings indicate that TL had a significant positive relationship with organisational justice and employee commitment. Furthermore, the results indicate that TL moderated the relationship between organisational justice and employee commitment.Practical/managerial implications: The findings showed that TL could be vital as an effective leadership approach that can enhance justice perceptions and psychological attachment in the workplace. Contribution/value-add:This study contributes to the theoretical debate on TL, workplace fairness and psychological attachment by providing empirical support on the effect of TL on the relationship between justice and commitment perceptions.

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Facets of the transactional leadership style of black top-managers and employee commitment in state-owned enterprises

Cited by 4 publications

References 55 publications

Leadership in state-owned enterprises of the Maldives

Leadership in state-owned enterprises of the Maldives

Engagement of Educators in Private Family Business Schools: The Role of a Healthy Leadership Environment

Transformational leadership influences on organisational justice and employee commitment in a customer service organisation

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