Journal of Management Information and Decision Sciences (Print ISSN: 1524-7252; Online ISSN: 1532-5806)

Abstract

The Relationship Between Employee Engagement and Transformational and Transactional Leadership Styles:Evidence from Jordan; Greater Amman Municipality

Author(s): Atalla Fahed Al-Serhan, Mohammad Fathi Almaaitah, Shadi mohammad Altahat, Emad Ali kasasbeh

Employee Engagement has been at the forefront of focus for human resources researchers and scientists,who believe that Employee Engagement can be a key driver of business

success. The purpose of this analysis is to identifythe association between Employee Engagement and Transformational and Transactional Leadership Styles. Data were collected and analyzed from a survey of 273 full-time employees who workin the Greater Amman Municipality at Jordan. The data was analyzed with different statistical tools (Mean, Correlation and Z-values) using SPSS. The findings exposed a significant positive association between bothTransformational and Transactional Leadership Stylesand Employee Engagement. It also found that Transformational Leadership is a better indicator of Employee Engagement when compared with Transactional Leadership 

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