THE ROLE OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN EMPLOYEE WORK ENGAGEMENT: PREDICTIVE STUDY IN THE EMERGING HEALTHCARE SECTOR OF INDIA
Abstract
Employees are the main assets of an organization, which determines the overall growth and outcome. Organizations adapt various strategies to utilize the capabilities of employees and make them engage. Effective leadership style have major role in guiding and influencing the employees for goal achievement and engagement at work in healthcare sector. Accordingly, the current study has been conducted in the hospitals to examine the relationship between three different styles of leadership-transformational, transactional and laissez-fair and employee work engagement. Instruments used for the study were Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ6s) and Work Engagement Scale–9 (UWES-9).The study has been conducted in four private hospitals in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Total of 320 questionnaire were send respondents via online emailed survey out of which 272 respondents have filled compete questionnaire. Findings suggested the significant role of transformational style of leadership among doctor and its importance on work engagement.
Keyword : Transformational leadership, Transactional leadership, employee engagement, Doctors, healthcare
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