Transformational leadership, work motivation and performance: An exploratory study on the context and process / Ong Pooi Fong and Elden Kam Weng Cheong

Transformational leadership, work motivation and performance: An exploratory study on the context and process / Ong Pooi Fong and Elden Kam Weng Cheong

Leadership skills have become an important asset for many organisations as they strive to manage the people that make up the organisations. However, in todays competitive business environment, basic leadership qualities may not be sufficient to sustain the growth of the organisations. This explorato...

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Main Authors: Ong, Pooi Fong, Kam, Elden Weng Cheong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Research Management Institute (RMI) 2015
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Malaysia
Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16054/
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spelling uitm-160542017-01-18T07:41:46Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16054/ Transformational leadership, work motivation and performance: An exploratory study on the context and process / Ong Pooi Fong and Elden Kam Weng Cheong Ong, Pooi Fong Kam, Elden Weng Cheong Malaysia Leadership skills have become an important asset for many organisations as they strive to manage the people that make up the organisations. However, in todays competitive business environment, basic leadership qualities may not be sufficient to sustain the growth of the organisations. This exploratory study aims to look at the influence transformational leaders have on work motivation and performance. The study adopts a qualitative approach using in-depth interviews to solicit corporate and youth leaders' perspectives on successful leadership qualities and challenges, work motivation and performance. Findings revealed that transformational leadership traits are effective in cultivating motivation and higher performance in organisations. An evolving conceptual framework depicting the relationships between leadership, motivation and performance is proposed. Research Management Institute (RMI) 2015 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16054/1/AJ_ONG%20POOI%20FONG%20SMRJ%2015.pdf Ong, Pooi Fong and Kam, Elden Weng Cheong (2015) Transformational leadership, work motivation and performance: An exploratory study on the context and process / Ong Pooi Fong and Elden Kam Weng Cheong. Social and Management Research Journal, 12 (1). pp. 2-21. ISSN 1675-7017
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Ong, Pooi Fong
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Transformational leadership, work motivation and performance: An exploratory study on the context and process / Ong Pooi Fong and Elden Kam Weng Cheong
description Leadership skills have become an important asset for many organisations as they strive to manage the people that make up the organisations. However, in todays competitive business environment, basic leadership qualities may not be sufficient to sustain the growth of the organisations. This exploratory study aims to look at the influence transformational leaders have on work motivation and performance. The study adopts a qualitative approach using in-depth interviews to solicit corporate and youth leaders' perspectives on successful leadership qualities and challenges, work motivation and performance. Findings revealed that transformational leadership traits are effective in cultivating motivation and higher performance in organisations. An evolving conceptual framework depicting the relationships between leadership, motivation and performance is proposed.
format Article
author Ong, Pooi Fong
Kam, Elden Weng Cheong
author_facet Ong, Pooi Fong
Kam, Elden Weng Cheong
author_sort Ong, Pooi Fong
title Transformational leadership, work motivation and performance: An exploratory study on the context and process / Ong Pooi Fong and Elden Kam Weng Cheong
title_short Transformational leadership, work motivation and performance: An exploratory study on the context and process / Ong Pooi Fong and Elden Kam Weng Cheong
title_full Transformational leadership, work motivation and performance: An exploratory study on the context and process / Ong Pooi Fong and Elden Kam Weng Cheong
title_fullStr Transformational leadership, work motivation and performance: An exploratory study on the context and process / Ong Pooi Fong and Elden Kam Weng Cheong
title_full_unstemmed Transformational leadership, work motivation and performance: An exploratory study on the context and process / Ong Pooi Fong and Elden Kam Weng Cheong
title_sort transformational leadership, work motivation and performance: an exploratory study on the context and process / ong pooi fong and elden kam weng cheong
publisher Research Management Institute (RMI)
publishDate 2015
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16054/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16054/1/AJ_ONG%20POOI%20FONG%20SMRJ%2015.pdf
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