Author(s): Mohammad M. Taamneh, Areej Zuhdy Alshboul, Mohammad Fathi Almaaitah
This study aimed to identify the effect of transformational leadership on the job performance of workers in major municipalities in the North of Jordan. To achieve the results of the study, a questionnaire consisted of (40) paragraphs was developed to measure the variables of the study and its dimensions, achieve its goals, and test its hypotheses. The study revealed that there is an important and statistically significant positive effect of the practice of transformational leadership on job performance with a determination factor of (R2) of (221). The study also showed that there was an effect of the four variables of transformational leadership, the most influential of which was after inspiring motivation with an explanatory capacity of (22). (50%), while it showed that the least impact on job performance is after intellectual stimulation with an explanatory capacity amounting to (17.6%). The study recommended increasing more interest on the transformational leadership practices, by conducting training programs and workshops for mayors that would motivate the concept and practice of transformational leadership, and the necessity for municipal leaders to give more importance caring for employees and meeting their needs through tools of motivation.