Azman Ismail
Faculty of Economics & Management. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia Institute Islam Hadhari, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Faculty of Business Management. Universiti Teknologi Shah Alam, Malaysia

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Journal : Makara Human Behavior Studies in Asia

Effect of Psychological Empowerment and Transformational Leadership on Organizational Commitment Ibrahim, Nurshahira; Ismail, Azman; Mohamed, Nurasilah Kithuru; Salim, Siti Salwa
Makara Human Behavior Studies in Asia Vol. 19, No. 2
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According to recent literature that relates to organizational leadership, transformational leadership consists of three important elements: idealized influence, individual consideration and intellectual stimulation. Extant studies in this area highlighted that the ability of the leaders in implementing these transformational processes (to execute organizational functions) may have a significant impact on individual outcome especially organizational commitment. Although this relationship has been studied, the mediating role of transformational leadership has taken a less prominent role in organizational leadership model. Recent studies on organizational leadership have emphasized that transformational leadership has three important characteristics: idealized influence, individual consideration and intellectual stimulation. The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of empowerment in the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational commitment; by using 77 usable questionnaires gathered from employees who worked at a foreign manufacturing company in Free Trade Zone, Malaysia. Results of SmartPLS path model analysis confirm that empowerment does act as an important mediating variable in the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational commitment in the organizational sample. In the succeeding sections, discussion, implications and conclusion are elaborated.
Mediating Role of Career Development in the Relationship between Career Program and Personal Outcomes Ismail, Azman; Madrah, Midaya; Ismail, Yusof
Makara Human Behavior Studies in Asia Vol. 17, No. 1
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This study was conducted primarily to measure the relationship between career program, career development and personal outcomes using self-administered questionnaires gathered from employees who have worked at a Sabah local government in Borneo. The outcomes of testing research hypothesis using a stepwise regression analysis showed two important findings: firstly, relationship between career program (i.e., planning and management) and career development positively and significantly correlated with job satisfaction. Secondly, relationship between career program (i.e., planning and management) and career development positively and significantly correlated with career commitment. Statistically, the result demonstrates that career development does act as an important mediating variable in the relationship between career program and personal outcomes in the career program model of the studied organization. The paper provides discussion, implications and conclusion.