THE IMPACT OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE MEDIATING EFFECT OF EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT; SPECIAL REFERENCE To TEACHING HOSPITAL AT ANURADHAPURA DISTRICT

Abstract

This research investigates the impact of transformational leadership and employee performance mediating effect of employee engagement; special reference on teaching hospital at Anuradhapura. In this research study, there are one independent variable is transformational leadership, one mediate variable is employee engagement and the one dependent variable is employee performance. The objective of the current study is to examine the mediating effect of employee engagement in the association between transformational leadership and employee performance. The study accompanies with quantitative research approach. primary data as well as secondary data had been practiced by this study. Structured questionnaire was used as the method of data collection and questionnaire consist two parts as personal information of the respondent and research information. Questionnaire included 33 questions with five-point Likert scale ranging from strongly disagree to strongly agree. The study employed a cross sectional descriptive method and was based on 300 front line employees who were working at teaching hospital at Anuradhapura. simple random sampling method was employed. Established questionnaires were used to measure the variables. Collected data were analyzed using SPSS 25.0 analysis. The data were measured using descriptive statistics, correlation and regression analysis. Subsequently regression analysis was performed to identify the association among the variables. The results revealed that transformational leadership positively influences employee performance as well as employee engagement. Employee engagement also positively influences employee performance. In addition, employee engagement mediates the association between transformational leadership and employee performance. The study highlights the importance of transactional leadership in promoting performance among the health sector employees.