Abstract:
This research investigates the impact of transformational leadership and employee
performance mediating effect of employee engagement; special reference on teaching
hospital at Anuradhapura. In this research study, there are one independent variable is
transformational leadership, one mediate variable is employee engagement and the
one dependent variable is employee performance.
The objective of the current study is to examine the mediating effect of employee
engagement in the association between transformational leadership and employee
performance. The study accompanies with quantitative research approach. primary
data as well as secondary data had been practiced by this study. Structured
questionnaire was used as the method of data collection and questionnaire consist two
parts as personal information of the respondent and research information.
Questionnaire included 33 questions with five-point Likert scale ranging from
strongly disagree to strongly agree. The study employed a cross sectional descriptive
method and was based on 300 front line employees who were working at teaching
hospital at Anuradhapura. simple random sampling method was employed.
Established questionnaires were used to measure the variables. Collected data were
analyzed using SPSS 25.0 analysis. The data were measured using descriptive
statistics, correlation and regression analysis.
Subsequently regression analysis was performed to identify the association among the variables. The results revealed that transformational leadership positively influences employee performance as well as employee engagement. Employee engagement also positively influences employee performance. In addition, employee engagement mediates the association between transformational leadership and employee performance. The study highlights the importance of transactional leadership in promoting performance among the health sector employees.
