The Effect of Transformational Leadership on Job Engagement: A Field Study in Private Hospitals in Taiz Governorate

Abstract

The study aims to know the reality of practicing transformational leadership in private hospitals in Taiz Governorate and determine the level of job engagement for its employees. The study also aims to measure the impact of transformational leadership with its dimensions (ideal influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual consultation, and individual morality) simultaneously and separately on job engagement in the hospitals under study. The study population consisted of (708) male and female employees, including administrators, doctors, and technicians who work in these hospitals, and who are distributed in (13) hospitals in Taiz Governorate. The study sample selected by the stratified random sampling method consisted of (250) questionnaires, of which (228) questionnaires were approved in statistical analysis. To achieve the objectives of the study, the descriptive approach and a number of statistical methods were used, such as arithmetic means, standard deviations, the composite reliability coefficient (CR), average variance extracted (AVE), and structural equation modeling. The results showed that the level of practicing transformational leadership in the hospitals under study is high, and the level of employee job engagement is also high. The results also showed that there is a statistically significant effect of transformational leadership with its simultaneously dimensions on job engagement. The effect of the intellectual consultation dimension on job engagement. was positive While the rest of the dimensions, represented by ideal influence, inspirational motivation, and individual consideration, have no effect.