IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/p/gtr/gatrjs/jmmr244.html
   My bibliography  Save this paper

The Impact of Transformational Leadership and Team Innovation on Team Performance: Empirical Evidence from Malaysia

Author

Listed:
  • Nurulhasanah Abdul Rahman

    (School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia Author-2-Name: Daisy Mui Hung Kee Author-2-Workplace-Name: School of Management, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia Author-3-Name: Ai Wah Tan Author-3-Workplace-Name: School of Management, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia Author-4-Name: Author-4-Workplace-Name: Author-5-Name: Author-5-Workplace-Name: Author-6-Name: Author-6-Workplace-Name: Author-7-Name: Author-7-Workplace-Name: Author-8-Name: Author-8-Workplace-Name:)

Abstract

Objective - Leadership and innovation are two related concepts which have gained a lot of interest among researchers focusing on management and entrepreneurship. Research on these topics are important for the development of the dynamic workforce and are useful to various organisations. However, in the real world, the effectiveness of employee performance is considered as unsatisfactory meaning there is room for improvement. Methodology/Technique - Previous literature had found that Transformational Leadership and Team Innovation are among the key factors which can be used to improve employee performance. This study will examine and test the relationship between Transformational Leadership and Team Performance to understand how Team Innovation mediates this relationship. A total of 197 samples are collected from employees in Multinational Companies (MNC). The data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23.Findings - The findings indicate that Transformational Leadership has a significant positive impact on Team Performance. Further, Team Innovation mediates the relationship between Transformational Leadership and Team Performance. Novelty - The major implications of these findings are further explored. In particular, this paper contributes to leadership literature by recommending that team leaders aim to inspire and empower employees to achieve organizational goals. Type of Paper - Empirical

Suggested Citation

  • Nurulhasanah Abdul Rahman, 2020. "The Impact of Transformational Leadership and Team Innovation on Team Performance: Empirical Evidence from Malaysia," GATR Journals jmmr244, Global Academy of Training and Research (GATR) Enterprise.
    • Handle: RePEc:gtr:gatrjs:jmmr244
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://gatrenterprise.com/GATRJournals/JMMR/pdf_files/JMMRVol5(2)2020/2.Nurulhasanah%20Abdul%20Rahman.pdf
    Download Restriction: http://gatrenterprise.com/GATRJournals/online_submission.html
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Huey-Wen Chou & Yu-Hsun Lin & Hsiu-Hua Chang & Wen-Wei Chuang, 2013. "Transformational Leadership and Team Performance," SAGE Open, , vol. 3(3), pages 21582440134, July.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Aga, Deribe Assefa, 2016. "Factors affecting the success of development projects : A behavioral perspective," Other publications TiSEM 867ae95e-d53d-4a68-ad46-6, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management.
    2. Nguyen Hai Thanh & Nguyen Van Quang, 2022. "Transformational, Transactional, Laissez-faire Leadership Styles and Employee Engagement: Evidence From Vietnam’s Public Sector," SAGE Open, , vol. 12(2), pages 21582440221, May.
    3. Barbara Fedock, 2017. "Online Dissertation Chairs’ Perceptions on the Role of Reflective Mentoring Practices and Changing Student Cross-Cultural and Generational Worldviews," SAGE Open, , vol. 7(2), pages 21582440177, April.
    4. Janaina Macke & Kelly Menezes Crespi, 2016. "“One Swallow Does Not Make a Summerâ€," SAGE Open, , vol. 6(2), pages 21582440166, April.
    5. Nguyen Hai Thanh & Nguyen Van Quang & Nguyen Ngoc Anh, 2022. "The relationship between leadership style and staff work engagement: An empirical analysis of the public sector in Vietnam," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 9(1), pages 1-12, December.
    6. Jeevan Jyoti & Sonia Bhau, 2015. "Impact of Transformational Leadership on Job Performance," SAGE Open, , vol. 5(4), pages 21582440156, November.
    7. Haven ALLAHAR, 2019. "An Integrated Model Of Team Leadership For Emerging Economies," Management Research and Practice, Research Centre in Public Administration and Public Services, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 11(4), pages 43-52, December.
    8. Jia Zhang & Qinan Huang & Jianmei Xu, 2022. "The Relationships among Transformational Leadership, Professional Learning Communities and Teachers’ Job Satisfaction in China: What Do the Principals Think?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(4), pages 1-17, February.
    9. Kiran Sakkar Sudha & M. G. Shahnawaz & Anam Farhat, 2016. "Leadership Styles, Leader’s Effectiveness and Well-being: Exploring Collective Efficacy as a Mediator," Vision, , vol. 20(2), pages 111-120, June.
    10. Syed Muhammad Javed Iqbal, Muhammad Shahid Nawaz, Sulaman Hafeez Siddiqui, Muhammad Kashif Imran, 2019. "Does Project Teamwork Matter? Investigating the Relationship between Transformational Leadership and Project Success," Journal of Management Sciences, Geist Science, Iqra University, Faculty of Business Administration, vol. 6(1), pages 79-95, March.

    More about this item

    Keywords

    Transformational leadership; Innovation; Multinational Companies.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • M11 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Production Management
    • M15 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - IT Management
    • M19 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Other

    NEP fields

    This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gtr:gatrjs:jmmr244. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Prof. Dr. Abd Rahim Mohamad (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://gatrenterprise.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.