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Leadership Styles on Employee Performance Among Supervisors of Petroleum Retailing Sector in Jordan: Employee Engagement as a Mediator

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: The purpose of this article aims to examine perceptions of employee engagement (EE) among petroleum retailing sector supervisors as a possible mediator between leadership styles (transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire) and employees’ performance (EP). We proposed a mediation model and postulated that leadership styles (LS) could increase perceptions of EE, which theoretically correspond to the three styles of leadership: transformational leadership (TSFL), transactional leadership (TSCL), and laissez-faire (LF). Subsequently, EE is linked to leadership styles and EP in keeping the extant body of social exchange theory (SET) research. In this study, a model developed based on survey research is used. Data was collected from 425 supervisors in the petroleum retailing sector in Jordan. The partial least squares (Smart-PLS) analysis is used to run the measurement and structural models. The findings show that leadership styles (transformational and transactional) are significantly and positively related to EP. In addition to the non-significantly relationship between LF leadership and EP. On the other hand, EE is not mediate the relationship between TSCL and EP.

Source: International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning

DOI: 10.18280/ijsdp.170430

Authors: Al Montaser Mohammad, Masha Menhat, Izyan Munirah Mohd Zaideen, Mohd Saiful Izwaan Saadon, Alhareth Abu Hussein

Institutions: Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Amman Arab University

Language: English

Topic: Employee Performance and Leadership

Subfield: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W4288033844

FWCI: 5.247

Cites: 51

Cited by: 33

Related to: 10