Abstract
The objective of the study is to determine the relationship between the perceivedtransformational leadership styles of officers (as perceived by their followers) andtheir followers’ levels of work engagement. Followers (n=307) were identified inunits of the South African Army. They completed the Utrecht Work EngagementScale (UWES) and the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) (Form 5X) fortheir specific leaders. Correlational analyses indicate significant correlationsbetween the transformational leadership style of officers and their followers’ workengagement. A small amount of the variance in the work engagement outcomescan be predicted by transformational leadership. The findings suggest that there isa relationship between idealised influence (attributed) and vigour and dedication.Furthermore, individualised consideration was shown to relate to absorption withinthe South African sample. Idealised influence was found to predict some variancein vigour and dedication and individual consideration to predict some variance inabsorption
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 53-68 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | South African Journal of Labour Relations |
Volume | 38 |
Issue number | 1 |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Absorption
- Dedication
- Transformational leadership
- Engagement