RT Journal Article
T1 How transformational leadership shapes employee task performance? A sequential mediation model
A1 Vila Vázquez, Guadalupe
A1 Castro Casal, Carmen
A1 García Chas, Romina
A1 Álvarez Pérez, María Dolores
K1 Transformational leadership
K1 Job characteristics
K1 Job engagement
K1 Task performance
AB The purpose of this study was to analyze through a sequential model the underlying mechanisms connecting transformational leadership with employee task performance. Specifically, it examined the causal chain transformational leadership-job characteristics (task variety and task significance)-job engagement-task performance.The hypotheses were tested on a sample of 320 employees and their supervisors from Spanish young technology and knowledge-intensive small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), using structural equations.The results show that the effect of transformational leadership on task performance (assessed by supervisors) occurs sequentially via task significance and job engagement. Additionally, job engagement mediates the relationship between task variety and task performance.Findings highlight the relevance for supervisors to employ a transformational leadership style that leads employees directly and indirectly, through task significance, to be more engaged and achieve higher task performance. They also emphasize the importance of proper job design that allows employees to be fully invested in the job performance.Despite the importance of leadership and employee performance for the survival and growth of these firms, the study of these relationships is largely unexplored. This study proposes and tests a serial model in which supervisor transformational leadership is linked to employee task performance through two sequential mediators: job characteristics (task variety and task significance) and job engagement.
PB Emerald
SN 0143-7739
YR 2024
FD 2024-06-03
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/34051
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/34051
LA eng
NO Vila-Vázquez, G., Castro-Casal, C., García-Chas, R. and Álvarez-Pérez, D. (2024), "How transformational leadership shapes employee task performance? A sequential mediation model", Leadership & Organization Development Journal, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/LODJ-01-2023-0027
DS Minerva
RD 24 abr 2026