The Role of Work Engagement in Relationship between Transformational Leadership and Job Performance in Banking Sector of Lahore (Pakistan)

Abstract

This study investigates an underlying mechanism that clarifies the connection between transformational leadership and job performance. Specifically, it explores the mediating role of work engagement in a relationship between transformational leadership and job performance.  Banking sector of Lahore (Pakistan) has been considered as target population. Different bank's branches were selected randomly for conducting the research. Overall 200 questionnaires were distributed. 170 questionnaires were used for analysis. The results of Correlation analysis show positive relationship between transformational leadership, work engagement and job performance. Moreover work engagement partially mediates the link between transformational leadership and job performance. Due to a shortage of budget, the sample of the paper is kept low, and only a few banks were taken into account, and the numbers of the questionnaire were limited. The target population of the study is only banking sector and all other sectors like textile sector, the education sector, and telecommunication sector remain to be unexplored. This study provides information for banking sector of Lahore (Pakistan) managers about why and under what circumstances employees perform the ways they do in the view of discussed variables.