International Journal of Current Research and Academic Review |
Int.J.Curr.Res.Aca.Rev. 2014.2(1): 121-136
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The effects of leadership styles and sociability trait emotional intelligence on
employee engagement A study in Binh Duong City, Vietnam |
Mai Ngoc Khuong* and Nguyen Hoang Yen |
School of Business Administration, International University, Vietnam National University
HCMC, Vietnam |
A B S T R A C T |
The purpose of this study is to empirically investigate the effect of leadership
styles on employee engagement in Binh Duong City. In addition, the effect of
employee sociability on employee engagement and its mediation were also
examined. Quantitative approach was the major method used, with statistical
techniques applied, including factor, multiple regression, and path analyses.
The unit of analysis was at individual level with the sample size of 269 office
employees of five dominant industries in Binh Duong. The findings of this
study indicated that the higher levels of employee sociability, ethical
leadership and visionary were positively associated with the higher level of
the employee engagement. In contrast, the transactional leadership style had
negatively correlated with the employee engagement. Besides that, this study
also found that ethical leadership and visionary leadership positively affected
employee sociability. Based on the results of the data analysis, this research
recommended that in order to enhance engagement of employee, companies
should apply visionary leadership and ethical leadership, avoid or limit using
transactional leadership styles. Companies should also select employee who
are high sociability in order to have higher level of employee engagement |
Keywords |
Leadership style;
employee
engagement;
employee
sociability. |