Transformational leadership and agency workers' organizational commitment: The mediating effect of organizational justice and job characteristics

Keywords:
transformational leadership, leadership style, agency workers, organizational commitment, organizational justice, job characteristics
Abstract

In this study we examined if perceptions of organizational justice and job charac- teristics mediate the relationship between transformational leadership and the organizational commitment of agency workers in a manufacturing plant in China. Questionnaires were used to evaluate perceived organizational justice, perceived job characteristics, exposure to trans- formational leadership, and organizational commitment in 300 agency workers. The results support a structural model whereby transformational leadership is both directly and indirectly associated with the organizational commitment of agency workers, through perceived organizational justice and job characteristics.

Author Biographies
  1. Xueli Wang, Tsinghua University
    School of Economics and Management
  2. Lin Ma, Tsinghua University
    School of Economics and Management
  3. Mian Zhang, Tsinghua University
    School of Economics and Management
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2013-11-02
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