Multilevel Impacts of Transformational Leadership on Service Quality: Evidence From China

Frontiers in Psychology

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Fangguo Su¹  Dejun Cheng²  Shanshan Wen¹ 

[1] College of Management, Shenzhen University;School of Business, Nanjing University

关键词: transformational leadership;    affective commitment;    psychological empowerment;    service climate;    service quality;    multilevel analysis;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01252

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

In service contexts, leaders’ efforts to maintain and enhance employees’ service quality are vital to organizational performance. However, few studies have investigated the mechanisms underlying the relationship between transformational leadership (TFL) and employees’ service quality across levels. Based on the theory of planned behavior, this study investigated the multilevel impacts of TFL on employees’ service quality and the multilevel mechanisms mediating this relationship. Data were collected from 208 managers and 1,431 employees at 223 branches (chain restaurants) of a large catering corporation in southern China. The results showed that stronger TFL significantly improved employees’ service quality at both individual and branch level. Affective commitment and psychological empowerment partially mediated the relationship between individual-level TFL and employees’ service quality. Branch-level service climate fully mediated the relationship between branch-level TFL and employees’ service quality.

【 授权许可】

CC BY