Transformation leadership as an agent for employee autonomy: implications on efficiency, cost savings and the reduction of unproductive work time

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Autor(a) principal: Pascoal, Bárbara Roda Marques
Data de Publicação: 2020
Tipo de documento: Dissertação
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/21583
Resumo: Today's companies are characterized by the variables within and how those variables combine. The business environment faces a competitive economic context and companies must be aware of what drives results up and how to motivate those who are responsible for that. The performance of a company is affected by several variables and understanding them and knowing how they work is decisive for management. Therefore, this research aims to address and measure how Transformational Leadership impacts the employees work, in the matter of autonomy, efficiency, cost savings and the reduction of unproductive work time. That is accomplished through formulation and testing of four research hypotheses. For that purpose, we applied a questionnaire, preceded by a pre-test procedure, to a sample composed by employees or former employees of companies on various sectors, receiving a total of 174 valid answers. Our results reveal that leaders who adopt a Transformational approach allow workers to be more autonomous in their work, the autonomy leverage the existence of efficiency in tasks and processes. Efficiency is also transmitted by cost savings, which translates into a reduction of unproductive work time. Also, the mediator effect of Efficiency and Employee Autonomy on the relation between transformational leadership and cost savings and between transformational leadership and unproductive work time, adds notoriety to Efficiency and Employee Autonomy itself, since it allows the increasing importance of both variables to achieve higher results.
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spelling Transformation leadership as an agent for employee autonomy: implications on efficiency, cost savings and the reduction of unproductive work timeTransformational leadershipEmployee autonomyEfficiencyCost savingsUnproductive work timeLiderança transformacionalAutonomiaEficiênciaRedução de custosTempo de trabalho improdutivoToday's companies are characterized by the variables within and how those variables combine. The business environment faces a competitive economic context and companies must be aware of what drives results up and how to motivate those who are responsible for that. The performance of a company is affected by several variables and understanding them and knowing how they work is decisive for management. Therefore, this research aims to address and measure how Transformational Leadership impacts the employees work, in the matter of autonomy, efficiency, cost savings and the reduction of unproductive work time. That is accomplished through formulation and testing of four research hypotheses. For that purpose, we applied a questionnaire, preceded by a pre-test procedure, to a sample composed by employees or former employees of companies on various sectors, receiving a total of 174 valid answers. Our results reveal that leaders who adopt a Transformational approach allow workers to be more autonomous in their work, the autonomy leverage the existence of efficiency in tasks and processes. Efficiency is also transmitted by cost savings, which translates into a reduction of unproductive work time. Also, the mediator effect of Efficiency and Employee Autonomy on the relation between transformational leadership and cost savings and between transformational leadership and unproductive work time, adds notoriety to Efficiency and Employee Autonomy itself, since it allows the increasing importance of both variables to achieve higher results.Na atualidade, as empresas são caracterizadas pelas variáveis internas e de que forma essas variáveis trabalham juntas. O mundo dos negócios enfrenta um contexto económico competitivo e as empresas precisam de estar atentas ao que impulsiona os resultados e como motivar os responsáveis. O desempenho de uma empresa é delineado por diversas variáveis, entendê-las e saber como funcionam é decisivo para a gestão. Nesse sentido, esta pesquisa tem como objetivo abordar e perceber como a Liderança Transformacional impacta o trabalho dos colaboradores, no que se refere à autonomia, eficiência, redução de custos e redução do tempo de trabalho improdutivo. Esta investigação foi realizada através da formulação de quatro hipóteses de pesquisa. Para o efeito, aplicou-se um questionário, precedido de um pré-teste, a uma amostra composta por colaboradores ou excolaboradores de empresas que operam em vários sectores, obtendo-se um total de 174 respostas válidas. Os resultados evidenciaram que os líderes que adotam uma abordagem Transformacional permitem que os trabalhadores sejam autónomos no seu trabalho, a autonomia potencializa a existência de eficiência nas tarefas e processos. A eficiência também é transmitida pela redução de custos, o que se traduz numa redução do tempo de trabalho improdutivo. Além disso, o efeito mediador da Eficiência e Autonomia na relação entre a liderança transformacional e a redução de custos e entre a liderança transformacional e a redução do tempo de trabalho improdutivo, acrescenta notoriedade à própria Eficiência e Autonomia, uma vez que permite o aumento da importância de ambas as variáveis para alcançar melhores resultados.2021-01-27T11:48:44Z2020-12-03T00:00:00Z2020-12-032020-10info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10071/21583TID:202574024engPascoal, Bárbara Roda Marquesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-09T17:44:51Zoai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/21583Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T22:21:20.424209Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Transformation leadership as an agent for employee autonomy: implications on efficiency, cost savings and the reduction of unproductive work time
title Transformation leadership as an agent for employee autonomy: implications on efficiency, cost savings and the reduction of unproductive work time
spellingShingle Transformation leadership as an agent for employee autonomy: implications on efficiency, cost savings and the reduction of unproductive work time
Pascoal, Bárbara Roda Marques
Transformational leadership
Employee autonomy
Efficiency
Cost savings
Unproductive work time
Liderança transformacional
Autonomia
Eficiência
Redução de custos
Tempo de trabalho improdutivo
title_short Transformation leadership as an agent for employee autonomy: implications on efficiency, cost savings and the reduction of unproductive work time
title_full Transformation leadership as an agent for employee autonomy: implications on efficiency, cost savings and the reduction of unproductive work time
title_fullStr Transformation leadership as an agent for employee autonomy: implications on efficiency, cost savings and the reduction of unproductive work time
title_full_unstemmed Transformation leadership as an agent for employee autonomy: implications on efficiency, cost savings and the reduction of unproductive work time
title_sort Transformation leadership as an agent for employee autonomy: implications on efficiency, cost savings and the reduction of unproductive work time
author Pascoal, Bárbara Roda Marques
author_facet Pascoal, Bárbara Roda Marques
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Pascoal, Bárbara Roda Marques
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Transformational leadership
Employee autonomy
Efficiency
Cost savings
Unproductive work time
Liderança transformacional
Autonomia
Eficiência
Redução de custos
Tempo de trabalho improdutivo
topic Transformational leadership
Employee autonomy
Efficiency
Cost savings
Unproductive work time
Liderança transformacional
Autonomia
Eficiência
Redução de custos
Tempo de trabalho improdutivo
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