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The influence of transformational leadership on work engagement in the context of learning organization mediated by employees’ motivation

Si Chen (Finance and Trade College, Zhuhai College Jilin University, Zhuhai, China)
Javier Calero Cuervo (Department of Management and Marketing, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China)

The Learning Organization

ISSN: 0969-6474

Article publication date: 11 August 2022

Issue publication date: 4 November 2022

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Abstract

Purpose

This study aims to focus on determining the influence of transformational leadership on work engagement as mediated by employee motivation.

Design/methodology/approach

The research findings are based on a quantitative analysis of a survey of 443 full-time employees working in the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Great Bay Area (GBA) of China.

Findings

The positive perception of transformational leadership from employees enables them to accomplish tasks beyond expectations. With the help of structural equation modeling, this study reveals that the influence path of perceptions of transformational leadership on work engagement is partially mediated through employee motivation.

Research limitations/implications

Employee motivation is not the only mediating factor, other factors mediate the relationship between transformational leadership and work engagement. The problem of sample size and sampling collection, the survey only focuses on samples working in the GBA.

Originality/value

The analysis and results based on data from mainland China, especially the GBA, expands the boundaries of the role of transformational leaders in learning organization and provides additional data support and sources for future relevant research. At the same time, the study of the mediation models between leadership and work engagement also hints more potential possible mediation factors.

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Citation

Chen, S. and Cuervo, J.C. (2022), "The influence of transformational leadership on work engagement in the context of learning organization mediated by employees’ motivation", The Learning Organization, Vol. 29 No. 5, pp. 567-585. https://doi.org/10.1108/TLO-01-2022-0011

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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