Examining the effects between job characteristics, transformational leadership and meaningful work on employees of Taiwan SMEs

Meaningful work is a major factor for contemporary employees, and it can produce positive work outcomes. However, research exploring small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) employees’ perception of meaningful work in Taiwan or East Asia is scarce. Hence, this study examines the effect of the relatio...

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Main Author: Kuo, Wei Ting
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2019
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/58997/
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description Meaningful work is a major factor for contemporary employees, and it can produce positive work outcomes. However, research exploring small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) employees’ perception of meaningful work in Taiwan or East Asia is scarce. Hence, this study examines the effect of the relationship between meaningful work, transformational leadership and job characteristics on employees of Taiwanese SMEs (N = 219). The results indicate a positive relationship between a supervisor’s transformational leadership behaviour, job characteristics and an employee’s meaning of work. Moreover, job characteristics partially mediate the relationship between transformational leadership and meaningful work.
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spelling nottingham-589972022-12-12T15:22:16Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/58997/ Examining the effects between job characteristics, transformational leadership and meaningful work on employees of Taiwan SMEs Kuo, Wei Ting Meaningful work is a major factor for contemporary employees, and it can produce positive work outcomes. However, research exploring small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) employees’ perception of meaningful work in Taiwan or East Asia is scarce. Hence, this study examines the effect of the relationship between meaningful work, transformational leadership and job characteristics on employees of Taiwanese SMEs (N = 219). The results indicate a positive relationship between a supervisor’s transformational leadership behaviour, job characteristics and an employee’s meaning of work. Moreover, job characteristics partially mediate the relationship between transformational leadership and meaningful work. 2019-12-01 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/58997/1/4339885-N14T09-Entrepreneurship%20Dissertation.pdf Kuo, Wei Ting (2019) Examining the effects between job characteristics, transformational leadership and meaningful work on employees of Taiwan SMEs. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)]
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title Examining the effects between job characteristics, transformational leadership and meaningful work on employees of Taiwan SMEs
title_full Examining the effects between job characteristics, transformational leadership and meaningful work on employees of Taiwan SMEs
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title_full_unstemmed Examining the effects between job characteristics, transformational leadership and meaningful work on employees of Taiwan SMEs
title_short Examining the effects between job characteristics, transformational leadership and meaningful work on employees of Taiwan SMEs
title_sort examining the effects between job characteristics, transformational leadership and meaningful work on employees of taiwan smes
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/58997/