Citation:

Meisinta Putri Kusumawardani, Salamah Wahyuni. "Mediating Role of Structural Empowerment: The Influence of Transformational Leadership on Work Engagement" International Research Journal of Economics and Management Studies, Vol. 3, No. 7, pp. 335-344, 2024.

Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to look into how structural empowerment mediates the beneficial relationship between leadership that transforms and job satisfaction in the Indonesian banking sector. The sample amounted to 180 employees who participated in the study. This study uses quantitative methods. The sampling technique used is nonprobability sampling with convenience sampling technique. Data analysis was conducted using the Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) approach using SmartPLS 4 software. The study findings indicate that transformational leadership has a positive impact on structural empowerment, transformational leadership has a positive impact on job engagement, structure empowerment has an optimistic impact on work engagement, and structural empowerment regulates the positive impact of transformational leadership on work engagement.. These findings imply that transformational leaders encourage employees' work engagement by providing access to opportunities, support, information, and adequate resources.

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Keywords:

Transformational Leadership, Structural Empowerment, Work Engagement.