Title

Transformational leadership and job behaviors: The mediating role of core job characteristics

Authors

Authors

R. F. Piccolo;J. A. Colquitt

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Acad. Manage. J.

Keywords

ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR; GOAL COMMITMENT; TRANSACTIONAL; LEADERSHIP; CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP; FIELD EXPERIMENT; TASK MOTIVATION; PERFORMANCE; METAANALYSIS; ANTECEDENTS; EMPOWERMENT; Business; Management

Abstract

Although the effects of transformational leadership on task performance and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) are well-documented, the mechanisms that explain those effects remain unclear. We propose that transformational leadership is associated with the way followers view their jobs, in terms of Hackman and Oldham's (1976) core job characteristics. Results of our study support a structural model whereby indirect effects supplement the direct effects of transformational leadership on task performance and OCB through the mechanisms of job characteristics, intrinsic motivation, and goal commitment. Additional analyses revealed that transformational leadership relationships were significantly stronger for followers who perceived high-quality leader-member exchange.

Journal Title

Academy of Management Journal

Volume

49

Issue/Number

2

Publication Date

1-1-2006

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Language

English

First Page

327

Last Page

340

WOS Identifier

WOS:000237198600011

ISSN

0001-4273

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