Leaders’ behaviour as a determinant of employee performance in Ghana: The mediating role of employee engagement

Leaders’ behaviour as a determinant of employee performance in Ghana: The mediating role of employee engagement

Theresa Obuobisa-Darko

The study aimed at identifying if engaged employees mediate the relationship between leader behaviour and employee task performance within the public sector in a developing country with unique cultural characteristics. Data gathered from 411 permanent employees was analysed using partial least square-structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) technique. Results showed that employee engagement mediates partially the relationship between transformational leader behaviour and employee task performance unlike the relationship between transactional leader behaviour and employee task performance. Transformational leader behaviour was identified as the key leader behaviour that causes employees to be engaged. Practical and managerial implications are discussed.

Springer US

2020

https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=FrXAX-kAAAAJ&citation_for_view=FrXAX-kAAAAJ:Zph67rFs4hoC

English