Conceptual Investigation of Work Engagement and Employee Performance Within the Scope of Transformational Leadership

Year 2025, Volume: 16 Issue: 45, 343 - 358, 28.02.2025

Hale Seda Bozkır

Abstract

Nowadays, every organization expects from their employees to have a strong commitment to their jobs, show high performance, fulfill their duties completely and even take extra responsibilities in addition to their own work. Transformational leaders are very successful at guiding their employees to achieve organizational goals, understanding the needs of employees, encouraging and supporting them under intense work pressure with their innovative approaches and visions. From this point of view, the aim of the study is to conceptually investigate the effects of transformational leadership on work engagement and employee performance. In this context, firstly, a broad conceptual framework is created related to transformational leadership, work engagement and employee performance concepts. Later, the effects of transformational leadership on work engagement and employee performance are investigated according to the results of previous studies. The literature review indicates that the adoption of transformational leadership style, positively impacts on both work engagement and employee performance.

Keywords

Transformational Leadership, Work Engagement, Employee Performance

Dönüşümcü Liderlik Ekseninde İşe Adanmışlık ve İşgören Performansının Kavramsal Olarak İncelenmesi

Abstract

Günümüzde her örgüt çalışanlarından işlerine bağlı olmalarını, yüksek performans göstermelerini, verilen görevleri eksiksiz olarak yerine getirmelerini ve hatta kendi işlerinin yanı sıra ilave sorumluluklar yüklenmelerini bekler. Dönüşümcü liderler sahip oldukları yenilikçi anlayış ve vizyon ile birlikte örgütsel hedeflere ulaşma konusunda çalışanlarını yönlendirme, çalışanlarının ihtiyaçlarını anlama, onları bu yoğun iş temposunda teşvik etme ve destekleme konusunda oldukça başarılıdırlar. Bundan hareketle, dönüşümcü liderliğin; işe adanmışlık ve işgören performansı üzerindeki etkisinin kavramsal olarak ele alınması amaçlanmıştır. Bu bağlamda; ilk olarak dönüşümcü liderlik, işe adanmışlık ve işgören performansı kavramları ile ilgili geniş bir kavramsal çerçeve oluşturulmuştur. Daha sonra, literatürdeki çalışmaların sonuçları üzerinde durularak dönüşümcü liderliğin, işe adanmışlık ve işgören performansı üzerindeki etkileri ortaya konmuştur. Yapılan literatür taraması, dönüşümcü liderlik tarzının benimsenmesinin hem işe adanmışlığı hem de işgören performansını olumlu yönde etkilediğini göstermiştir.

Keywords

Dönüşümcü Liderlik, İşe Adanmışlık, İşgören Performansı

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