Abstract
The purpose of the study is to find the relationship of transformational leadership with organizational commitment and innovativeness, and to know if empowerment mediates the relationship between the transformational leadership, the organizational commitment, and the innovativeness. It was hypothesized that transformational leadership is positively related with organizational commitment, innovativeness, and empowerment. Empowerment tends to mediate the relationship between transformational leadership, organizational commitment and innovativeness. The data was collected through questionnaire from different organizations of telecom sector. The analysis of the study supported all research hypotheses that there is a significantly positive relationship between transformational leadership, organizational commitment, innovativeness and empowerment. The results of the study also support the mediating impact of empowerment between transformational leadership and organizational commitment and innovativeness. Key words: Transformational leadership, empowerment, innovativeness, organizational commitment.
Highlights
The contemporary scenario of the business world projectted uncertainty in the environment
The purpose of the study is to find the relationship of transformational leadership with organizational commitment and innovativeness, and to know if empowerment mediates the relationship between the transformational leadership, the organizational commitment, and the innovativeness
It was hypothesized that transformational leadership is positively related with organizational commitment, innovativeness, and empowerment
Summary
The contemporary scenario of the business world projectted uncertainty in the environment. Globalization of business activities and rapid intervention of technologies provided a challenging climate to business executives. This dynamic and uncertain environment requires prompt decisions and work plans to gain competitive edge in the market. Role of leadership has got more importance to reap up the benefits of this volatile business scenario. The growing significance of leaders’ role in the present business environment has shifted researchers’ attention to explore the nature, working, and philosophy of leadership; which could change the situation through its applications. The leadership roles are in consistent with environment for initiating strategies and its implementation (Krishnan, 2005). The idea of leadership initially originated by social scientists, that can be as defined as “the process of guiding and directing the behavior of people in the work environment” (Nelson, 2000)
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