Protecting older workers’ employability: A survey study of the role of transformational leadership

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrin Böttcher ◽  
Anne-Grit Albrecht ◽  
Laura Venz ◽  
Jörg Felfe
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Market Changes

Demographic and labour market changes increase the need to enhance the employability of employees across all ages. The purpose of this study is to explore the role of transformational leadership in employees’ employability. While we hypothesised that age is negatively related to perceived internal and external employability, we expected a positive relationship for transformational leadership, and that transformational leadership would moderate the relationship between age and employability. Hypotheses were tested using a sample of 1006 employees in the German automotive industry. Results show age to be negatively related to internal and external employability, with both relationships being comparably strong. Transformational leadership was positively related to internal and external employability, with the relationship with internal employability being stronger. Moreover, transformational leadership buffered the negative relationship between age and internal employability. These results suggest that transformational leadership is crucial in protecting lifetime employability and that it should be promoted.

Making an Impact Through Information Technology

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 14-23
Author(s):  
Mostafa Sayyadi Ghasabeh
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Role Of Information

This research contributes to the fields of knowledge management, transformational leadership, as well as information technology. This article presents the theoretical underpinnings of the framework together with a thorough review of the literature. This research indicates that there is a positive relationship between transformational leadership, knowledge management, and firm performance. The synthesis of the literature also lends support for the mediating role of information technology in the relationship between transformational leadership and knowledge management.

Creativity Just in Time? The Role of Delivery Precision in Product Development

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (05) ◽  
pp. 1550026
Author(s):  
Katarina Lund Stetler
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Lead Time ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Just In Time ◽  
Lead Times ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Relationship

This paper presents the results from a quantitative survey study in the research and development (R&D) department of company in the automotive industry. The focus of the study has been on exploring the relationship between delivery precision and creativity. Given today's increasingly competitive market, companies must be able to both cut lead times and maintain high creativity and innovativeness in the organization. This study is an attempt to increase our understanding of how one means of cutting lead time, the imposition of high demands on delivery precision, is related to the creation of novel ideas in the industrialization phase of product development. The results point to an interesting relationship in which the imposition of high demands on delivery precision actually increases the perception of the creation of novel ideas. The results have implications for project planning and the role of time dedicated to exploratory tasks in product development.

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Ostracism and Turnover Intention: Role of Commitment as a Mediator

2018 ◽  
Vol III (IV) ◽  
pp. 389-399
Author(s):  
Nazim Ali ◽  
Zahid Ali ◽  
Adnan Khan
Keyword(s):  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Significant Positive Relationship ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Significant Negative Relationship ◽  
Basic Objective ◽  
Teaching Faculty ◽  
The Relationship

The basic objective of this study is to examine the mediating role of OC between WO and TI among the teaching faculty of universities of KP, Pakistan. Data were collected via questionnaires from 207 teachers. SPSS and Amos were used to analyze the data. The results revealed a significant positive relationship between WO and turnover intention, while a significant negative relationship between WO and OC and between OC and TI was confirmed. The results also revealed a significant partial mediation of OC between WO and turnover intention.

scholarly journals Does Spending Make Us Happy? The Role of Consumption on Life Satisfaction

2021 ◽  
pp. 37-48
Author(s):  
Devrim Dumludag ◽  
Ozge Gokdemir ◽  
Ruut Veenhoven
Keyword(s):  
Economic Theory ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Consumer Choice ◽  
General Public ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Eating Out ◽  
Informed Consumer ◽  
The Relationship

In economic theory ‘consumption’ is commonly seen as final ‘utility’, but the factual relationship between consumption and life satisfaction has hardly been considered. Empirical research on this matter can provide a basis for more informed consumer choice. We add to the emerging literature on this matter with a survey study among the general public in Turkey. For the degree of absolute consumption, we found a negative relationship with life satisfaction, savers being happier than spenders. For kinds of consumption, we found mostly negative correlations with life satisfaction, in particular with housing expenses. The only positive correlation with life satisfaction was expensed on eating out and vacations. These results illustrate that the relationship between consumption and life satisfaction is more complex and variable than is commonly assumed.

scholarly journals Economic Growth and Labour Market Dynamics in Nigeria: Further Evidence from ARDL Bound Testing

2021 ◽  
pp. 35-40
Author(s):  
Mukhtar Shuaibu ◽  
Shafiu Ibrahim Abdullahi ◽  
Muhammad Muazu Yusuf ◽  
Mustapha Yusufu
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Market Dynamics ◽  
Jobless Growth ◽  
The Relationship

Recently the phenomenon of jobless growth has become common, defying the famous Okun law which predicted increase in job with increase in economic growth. Many factors have been advanced as explanations for this, most prominent of which are changes in the labour market and lopsidedness in economic growth. This paper is an attempt to measure labour market dynamics in Nigeria focusing on the relationship between economic growth and unemployment. The paper used data from 1991 to 2020 and employed GMM and ARDL models to analyze the data. Unlike the Okun law which prophesies negative relationship between unemployment and economic growth, the result from this analysis show that there is positive relationship between unemployment and economic growth, confirming the existence of the phenomenon of jobless growth in Nigeria. The paper recommended structural changes in the economy and the labour market.

How Can Leaders Make Their Followers to Commit to the Organization? The Importance of Influence Tactics

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 1462-1474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shakti Chaturvedi ◽  
Irfan A. Rizvi ◽  
Enias Thomas Pasipanodya
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Influence Tactics ◽  
Transformational Leaders ◽  
Affective Organizational Commitment ◽  
Iron And Steel ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship

Transformational leaders have the potential to influence their followers to work beyond their normal capacities at the workplace and show resolute loyalty towards the organizational objectives. Although numerous studies have explored the relationship between transformational leadership and employee’s affective organizational commitment, what causes or mediates this relationship is yet to be explored. Therefore, the present study intends to explore the mediating role of influence tactics in explaining the relationship between transformational leadership and the follower’s organizational commitment. This study was conducted using reliable and validated instruments for data collection on a sample of 352 professionals working in various iron and steel firms across Chhattisgarh in India. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS 18. The analysis reveals transformational leadership having a significant positive relationship with follower’s affective organizational commitment. The findings of this study also reported that the two influence tactics (rationality and inspirational appeal) partially mediates the relationship between transformational leadership and affective organizational commitment.

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Ostracism and Turnover Intention: Role of Commitment as a Mediator

2018 ◽  
Vol III (IV) ◽  
pp. 389-399
Author(s):  
Nazim Ali ◽  
Zahid Ali ◽  
Adnan Khan
Keyword(s):  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Significant Positive Relationship ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Significant Negative Relationship ◽  
Basic Objective ◽  
Teaching Faculty ◽  
The Relationship

The basic objective of this study is to examine the mediating role of OC between WO and TI among the teaching faculty of universities of KP, Pakistan. Data were collected via questionnaires from 207 teachers. SPSS and Amos were used to analyze the data. The results revealed a significant positive relationship between WO and turnover intention, while a significant negative relationship between WO and OC and between OC and TI was confirmed. The results also revealed a significant partial mediation of OC between WO and turnover intention.

scholarly journals Perfectionism, Fear of Failure, and Affective Responses to Success and Failure: The Central Role of Fear of Experiencing Shame and Embarrassment

2009 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 602-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sam S. Sagar ◽  
Joachim Stoeber
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Affective Responses ◽  
Fear Of Failure ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
Personal Standards ◽  
Concern Over Mistakes ◽  
The Relationship

This study investigated how aspects of perfectionism in athletes (N = 388) related to the fears of failure proposed by Conroy et al. (2002), and how perfectionism and fears of failure predicted positive and negative affect after imagined success and failure in sports competitions. Results showed that perfectionistic personal standards showed a negative relationship with fear of experiencing shame and embarrassment and a positive relationship with positive affect after success, whereas perfectionistic concern over mistakes and perceived parental pressure showed a positive relationship with fear of experiencing shame and embarrassment and with negative affect after failure. Moreover, fear of experiencing shame and embarrassment fully mediated the relationship between perfectionistic concern and negative affect and between coach pressure and negative affect. The findings demonstrate that fear of experiencing shame and embarrassment is central in the relationship between perfectionism and fear of failure, and that perfectionistic concern about mistakes and perceived coach pressure are aspects of perfectionism that predict fear of experiencing shame and embarrassment and negative affect after failure.

scholarly journals Is it happy to work with leaders viewing their work as a calling?

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 353-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiyoung Park ◽  
Young Woo Sohn
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Job Crafting ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Working Adults ◽  
The Relationship

Although scholars have paid increasing attention to people with callings, relationships between leader's calling and follower's job attitudes have been understudied. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between leader calling and follower job satisfaction, and mediators and a moderator on the relationship. We hypothesized that leader calling would be positively related to follower job satisfaction via follower's perceived transformational leadership and occupational self-efficacy and that the two mediators would be positively related. As a boundary condition, we tested a moderating role of job crafting on the positive relationship between leader calling and follower occupational self-efficacy. To examine the hypotheses, we conducted two survey studies using a sample of 242 Korean working adults (Study 1)　and a sample of 221 American working adults in diverse industries (Study 2). We found a positive relationship between leader calling and follower job satisfaction (Study 1) and a significant mediating effect of transformational leadership on the relationship (Studies 1, 2). In both studies, follower occupational self-efficacy mediated the link between transformational leadership and follower job satisfaction rather than directly mediating the relationship between leader calling and follower job satisfaction. Also, when followers were highly involved in job crafting (Study 1) and cognitive crafting (Study 2), their occupational self-efficacy did not vary depending on the level of leader calling. Interestingly, the relationship between leader calling and follower occupational self-efficacy was negative when followers showed low levels of job crafting and cognitive crafting. We discuss the implications of these results, study limitations, and practical suggestions for future research.

Leadership and Employee Motivation: Moderating Role of Gender

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Beena Prakash
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Employee Motivation ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Demand Pull ◽  
Logistics Services ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Core Issues ◽  
Moderating Role

With the present business environment which is creating a strong demand pull for quality and efficient logistics services, core issues are being gradually removed with time but HR issues are still neglected. Motivation can be the key process of boosting the morale of employees to encourage them to willingly give their best in accomplishing assigned tasks. During growth of any sector, dimensions of leadership can have great impact on employee motivation. This research paper analyzes impact of transformational leadership on employee motivation and moderating role of gender. The result shows significant positive correlation between transformational leadership and employee motivation and gender does moderate the relationship.

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