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Impact of transformational leadership and organizational culture on employee's performance in United Arab Emirates: the mediating role of employee's motivation
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Transformational leadership is an effective practice when it comes to developing and sustaining change in a business. However, strong participation from employees is needed to make a change happen in an organization. In this case, resistance is a normal issue that organizational leaders face during change management. The role of transformational leadership comes in this place as the leadership style is known for managing resistance effectively and driving required changes in a business. The paper tried to explore the effectiveness of transformational leadership in managing organizational change. However, the study has also provided insights about organizational and culture and employee performance while considering the role of employee motivation to enhance those. The study's literature review section has shown that a transformational leaders can guide and direct their employees, ensure proper training and development, and facilitate effective communication. A leader can also significantly influence organizational culture. Maintaining an organizational culture is important to ensure better productivity through improved employee performance. The method has been used to collect responses concerning the research topic while using an online questionnaire. The research has been conducted among 150 samples, regular employees of UAE-based organizations. Five different quantitative methods have been used in the research to analyze the gathered information appropriately. It has been found that organizations need to focus on improving employee motivation which can be done by establishing a strong organizational culture.
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