The effects of social support and transformational leadership on expatriate adjustment and performance

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 377-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li‐Yueh Lee ◽  
Sou Veasna ◽  
Wann‐Yih Wu
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Expatriate Adjustment ◽  
And Performance

THE MEDIATING EFFECTS OF EXPATRIATE ADJUSTMENT AND OPERATIONAL CAPABILITY ON THE SUCCESS OF EXPATRIATION

2008 ◽  
Vol 36 (9) ◽  
pp. 1191-1204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li-Yueh Lee ◽  
Badri Munir Sukoco
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Multinational Companies ◽  
Direct Effects ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
Expatriate Adjustment ◽  
Operational Capability ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Practical Implications

In this study the mediating effects of expatriates' operational capability on the success of expatriation were examined. The moderating effects of social support were also tested in this study. Two hundred and twenty-two expatriates of Taiwanese multinational companies (MNCs) participated in the survey. Results reveal that expatriates' personality has direct effects on perceived adjustment and operational capability. The expatriates' operational capability was found to be a mediating variable for both expatriates' personality and adjustment on performance. Moreover, social support moderated the effects of expatriate personality on perceived adjustment, operational capability, and performance. The practical implications as well as academic contributions of the research are presented.

Testing the Theory of Communication and Uncertainty Management in the Context of Digital Transformation with Transformational Leadership as a Moderator

2021 ◽  
pp. 232948842110239
Author(s):  
Masaki Matsunaga
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Job Performance ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Uncertainty Management ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
The Impact

Digital transformation provokes a great deal of uncertainty among employees. To gain insights into how employees manage the uncertainty driven by digital transformation and also how leaders can support them, this study has drawn on the theory of communication and uncertainty management (TCUM), which posits that the impact of uncertainty varies by how individuals appraise it and social support enhances positive appraisal. Based on those tenets, the current study advanced the following hypotheses: (a) uncertainty has direct and indirect negative effects on employees’ appraisal of digital transformation, self-efficacy, and job performance; (b) in contrast, direct supervisors’ transformational leadership has direct and indirect positive effects on appraisal, self-efficacy, and job performance; and also (c) transformational leadership moderates the impact of uncertainty. SEM with 4-wave time-separated data ( N = 873 employee-supervisor dyads in Japan) found support for these hypotheses. The obtained findings are discussed with reference to TCUM, transformational leadership, and other relevant literature.

TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN IMPROVING LECTURER PERFORMANCE AT MUHAMMADIYAH HIGHER

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 171-178
Author(s):  
Saipul Wakit ◽  
Indah Yuliana ◽  
Indah Yuliana
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Transformative Leadership ◽  
Intellectual Stimulation ◽  
Design Data ◽  
Technical Ability ◽  
Individual Consideration ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Transformational Leadership Style

The transformational leadership style in higher education has four indicators carried out by the rector. These indicators include exemplary attitudes, inspiring motivation, intellectual stimulation and the rector's consideration for lecturers. Practically, the purpose of this article is to find out how the rector provides examples, inspires motivation and individual considerations in improving the performance of lecturers at Muhammadiyah universities. The operational research method uses a qualitative approach with a phenomenological case study design. Data collection activities were carried out by means of observation, interviews with informants, and extracting information from documents. To ensure the validity of the research data, several methods are used, namely credibility, transferability, dependability and confirmability. The results of the study explain that transformative leadership in Muhammadiyah universities objectively has provided an example with several things that are applied in attitudes, ideas, behavior and performance. While motivation is carried out by the Chancellor of the lecturers in several ways, namely through behavior, technical ability, supervision and policy. In stimulating the intellectuals of lecturers in several ways, namely to think modern and relevant, think forward and continue to make changes as well as productive, innovative, creative in carrying out tasks and performance. In individual consideration, the Chancellor is more humane towards lecturers, both in the work environment and in the community.

scholarly journals Toward a dynamic model of Gelotophobia: Social support, workplace bullying and stress are connected with diverging trajectories of life and job satisfaction among Gelotophobes

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Willibald Ruch ◽  
Alexander G. Stahlmann
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Work Stress ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Workplace Bullying ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Dynamic Framework ◽  
And Performance

Abstract Recent theoretical advances have grounded gelotophobia (Greek: gelos = laughter, phobos = fear) in a dynamic framework of causes, moderating factors, and consequences of the fear of being laughed at. This understanding corresponds to that of vulnerability and translates gelotophobia into a distinguishable pattern of lacking resources (i.e., misinterpretation of joy and laughter) that can result in negative consequences (e.g., reduced well-being and performance) if individuals have no access to further resources (e.g., social support) or are exposed to severe stressors (e.g., workplace bullying). Based on the panel data provided by the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research LIVES (N = 2469 across six measurement intervals), this study takes the first step toward empirically testing this model’s assumptions: First, we computed exemplary zero-order correlations and showed that gelotophobia was negatively connected with social support (resource) and life and job satisfaction (consequences) and positively connected with perceived stress, work stress, and workplace bullying (stressors). Second, we used longitudinal cluster analyses (KmL; k-means-longitudinal) and showed that the panel data can be clustered into three stable patterns of life and job satisfaction and that gelotophobia is primarily related to the two clusters marked by lower levels of satisfaction. Third, we computed partial correlations and showed that social support, perceived stress, and work stress (but not workplace bullying) can weaken or completely resolve gelotophobia’s relationships with such diverging trajectories of life and job satisfaction. We concluded that seeing gelotophobia through the lens of vulnerability is useful and that such research warrants further attention using more dedicated, theoretically grounded projects.

scholarly journals Managerial Leadership and Performance as Fully Mediated by Transformational Leadership through Structural Equation Modeling

2021 ◽  
Vol 04 (06) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur Ong Buenavista ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
Information Criterion ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Managerial Leadership ◽  
Equivalent Models ◽  
And Performance

This study investigated the relationships among managerial leadership, transformational leadership, and performance of school administrators of Northern Iloilo Polytechnic State College (NIPSC) through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Covariance-Based SEM (CB-SEM), Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) with its default Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE) were used to test the hypothesized model that managerial leadership covary transformational leadership which were both related to the school administrators’ performance. Results revealed that of the eight alternative models, two equivalent models, one model generates every probability distribution that can be generated by another model, Model B3 and Model D3 were generated, got the smallest Alkaike Information Criterion (AIC) and Bayes Information Criterion (BIC) indicating that both models had relatively better fit. Model B3 and Model D3 have the same degrees of freedom but feature a different configuration of paths among the same variables. However, of the two equivalent models, model B3 was rejected due to discriminant validity concerns while model D3 passed both measurement model and structural model, model D3 was confirmed and retained. As contribution to the fields of education, management and leadership, the researcher confirmed and recommends, through CB-SEM using CFA with its default MLE, the Managerial Leadership and Performance as fully mediated by Transformational Leadership Model.

scholarly journals The impact of transformational leadership on individual academy performance through knowledge sharing

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 465-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thi Minh Thu Vu ◽  
Khashayar Yazdani
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

The objective of this paper is to evaluate the impact of transformational leadership on individual academy performance through knowledge sharing, organizational learning, organizational commitment in higher education Vietnam. The study conducts the research on 500 lecturers at 10 universities in Vietnam. The study uses Smart pls 3.6 software to analyze the data. The results show that transformational leadership had a positive effect on knowledge sharing, organizational learning and organizational commitment. Ultimately, employee engagement and social support play a moderate role in the relationship between transformational leadership and knowledge sharing statistically. However, organizational learning and organizational commitment did not play any mediate role on the relationship between transformational leadership and knowledge sharing.

Workplace Spirituality and Transformational Leadership

2017 ◽  
pp. 339-354
Author(s):  
Celeste Mack ◽  
Ike Udechukwu ◽  
Bahaudin G. Mujtaba
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
Workplace Spirituality ◽  
Performance Standard ◽  
Moral Maturity ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Search For Meaning ◽  
And Performance

Workplace spirituality or spirituality in the workplace is about employees search for meaning, purpose, and interconnectedness in the workplace. Similarly, transformational leadership is a leadership style that encourages a higher level of moral maturity and performance standard for followers. In this chapter, through a review of literature and propositional analysis, the authors demonstrate that transformational leadership has the capacity to drive employees towards meaning, purpose, and interconnectedness with the organization's goals and values. Researchers agree that transformational leadership inspires, motivates, and also attempts to connect with followers. Thus, while workplace spirituality is a potent ingredient in the modern workplace, transformational leadership is the driving force that actually transforms the workplace. Thus, the authors conclude by proposing that transformational leadership can potentially encourage and sustain workplace spirituality. Suggestions and recommendations for future empirical research are provided.

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