Transformational leadership is about suggesting a vision for change, motivating the organization members, and considering each organization members. This study examined the effects of transformational leadership on four types of motivation, namely int...
Transformational leadership is about suggesting a vision for change, motivating the organization members, and considering each organization members. This study examined the effects of transformational leadership on four types of motivation, namely intrinsic motivation, identification motivation, external motivation, and amotivation, and the effects of these four types of motivation on proactive behavior and change-oriented organizational citizenship behavior. To verify the research model, we collected data from 278 employees working in Korean companies and conducted regression analysis and Bootstrapping. As a result of the empirical analysis, it is confirmed that all hypotheses of this study are supported.
The theoretical implications of this study are that transformational leadership promotes employees’ proactive behavior and change-oriented organizational citizenship behavior through four types of motivation. Namely, this study reveal the mechanism by which transformational leadership affects these employees' behavior. In addition, This study suggests practical implications that leaders need to demonstrate transformational leadership in order to derive positive actions such as proactive behavior and change-oriented organizational citizenship behavior from their employees and Transformative leadership can motivate employees in organizational change so that employees can actively participate in organizational change.