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Employees’ self-determined motivation, transformational leadership and work engagement

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  • Chua, Jeremy
  • Ayoko, Oluremi B.

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While research on the role of employees’ characteristics as core to transformational leadership theory is burgeoning, limited research has focused on the differing aspects of employees’ self-determined motivation as mediating mechanism through which transformational leadership may impact outcomes. Drawing on the self-determined theory of motivation, we build and test a theoretical model linking employees’ perceptions of transformational leadership with engagement through an intervening variable of differing aspects of employees’ self-determined motivation. Data from a sample of 155 participants revealed that employees’ perceptions of transformational leadership were positively related to employees’ self-determined motivation (intrinsic, autonomous, and controlled) and work engagement. Specifically, self-determined motivation (intrinsic, autonomous) was positively linked with work engagement while intrinsic, autonomous and controlled dimensions of self-determined motivation mediated the relationship between transformational leadership and work engagement. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of the results.

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  • Chua, Jeremy & Ayoko, Oluremi B., 2021. "Employees’ self-determined motivation, transformational leadership and work engagement," Journal of Management & Organization, Cambridge University Press, vol. 27(3), pages 523-543, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jomorg:v:27:y:2021:i:3:p:523-543_7
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    1. Hongdan Zhao & Yuanhua Chen & Weiwei Liu, 2023. "Socially Responsible Human Resource Management and Employee Moral Voice: Based on the Self-determination Theory," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 183(3), pages 929-946, March.
    2. Xiangyu Song & Mishal Khosa & Zeeshan Ahmed & Abdulaziz Fahmi Omar Faqera & Nhat Tan Nguyen & Shafique Ur Rehman & Yueyong He, 2022. "Linking Transformational and Despotic Leadership to Employee Engagement: Unfolding the Role of Psychological Distress as a Mediator," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(14), pages 1-21, July.
    3. Maira Khan & Mukaram Ali Khan & Syed Sohaib Zubair & Aisha Rizwan, 2022. "How Transformational Leaders Are Engaged in Work Settings During Episode of Covid-19? Exploring Mediating Effects of Structural Empowerment and Process Innovation," SAGE Open, , vol. 12(2), pages 21582440221, April.

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