Transformational Leadership and Job Behaviors: The Mediating Role of Core Job Characteristics
Year: 2006
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Although the effects of transformational leadership on task performance and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) are well-documented, the mechanisms that explain those effects remain unclear. We propose that transformational leadership is associated with the way followers view their jobs, in terms of Hackman and Oldham's (1976) core job characteristics. Results of our study support a structural model whereby indirect effects supplement the direct effects of transformational leadership on task performance and OCB through the mechanisms of job characteristics, intrinsic motivation, and goal commitment. Additional analyses revealed that transformational leadership relationships were significantly stronger for followers who perceived high-quality leader-member exchange.
Source: Academy of Management Journal
Authors: Ronald F. Piccolo, Jason A. Colquitt
Institutions: University of Central Florida, University of Florida
Language: English
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2104137142