Job satisfaction and organizational commitment effect in the transformational leadership towards employee performance

• Main Authors: Anis Eliyana, Syamsul Ma’arif, Muzakki
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Elsevier 2019-09-01
• Series: European Research on Management and Business Economics
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2444883418300196

This research focuses on the discussion regarding antecedent variable of transformational leadership with its effect to work performance of the middle-level leaders at the organization of Pelabuhan Indonesia III Inc. The samples used in this study are 30 respondents as 75% of the population. The technique used to collect the data from the respondents is questionnaires to minimize any interpretation differences between respondents and the researcher. Further, analysis model used is structural equation model (SEM) with the basis of theory and concept, from the package of Partial Least Square (PLS) program so that the results are accurate. This study found that transformational leadership has direct significant effect on job satisfaction and organizational commitment. However transformational leadership cannot give significant impact to work performance when it is intervened by the organizational commitment as well as it cannot give direct impact on work performance. JEL classification: J28, M120, Keywords: Transformational leadership, Employee relation, Organizational commitment, Work performance