Transformational leadership and employee performance: the mediating role of affective organizational commitment
Xinyang Zhang · 2026
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Xinyang Zhang, writing alone, tests whether loving the organization explains how transformational leaders lift performance, in a study from two thousand twenty-six. Inspirational leadership is credited with many outcomes; the emotional mechanism is the open question. Affective commitment is the proposed conduit. It is a real attachment to its goals.
Two hundred sixty-eight full-time employees answered surveys. They came from Chinese manufacturing, service, and technology firms. Leadership, commitment, and performance were gauged with multi-item scales. Structural equation modeling tested the mediation in the data. Bootstrap intervals were used for the indirect path in the model. Care was taken with anonymity in the survey work. Neutral wording was used as well, to cut response bias. If commitment does carry the effect, leadership training should aim at a few things. They are meaning, recognition, and support for each person. Those are the ingredients that build attachment.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Xinyang Zhang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 45 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |