Unraveling the Impact of Transactional Leadership on Task Performance: The Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy among Bank Employees

Abstract

The major objective of the current study was to investigate the dynamic relationship between Banking Sector Transactional leadership and employees task performance through mediating role of employee’s self-efficacy based on Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory. For this purpose, data was collected from selected banks in KP Pakistan and data was collected through construct. Results were analysed through CFA via AMOS and Preacher and Hayes mediational modelling. Results indicate that Transactional leadership has significant relationship with employer’s task performance as well as their self-efficacy. Further it was evident that self-efficacy mediates the relationship between employee’s task performance and leader’s transactional behaviour. The current study obtained data from limited employees of banking sector and only selected districts of KP province. The results have practical implication for banking sector to enhance employs task performance capabilities via infusing the feeling of self-efficacy through reward and punishment based leadership.