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Published in: Public Organization Review 3/2020

16-12-2019

Leaders’ Behaviour as a Determinant of Employee Performance in Ghana: the Mediating Role of Employee Engagement

Author: Theresa Obuobisa-Darko

Published in: Public Organization Review | Issue 3/2020

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Abstract

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.
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Metadata
Title
Leaders’ Behaviour as a Determinant of Employee Performance in Ghana: the Mediating Role of Employee Engagement
Author
Theresa Obuobisa-Darko
Publication date
16-12-2019
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Public Organization Review / Issue 3/2020
Print ISSN: 1566-7170
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7098
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11115-019-00460-6

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