Volume 7, Issue 9 (September 2020), Pages: 89-96
----------------------------------------------
Original Research Paper
Title: The role of leadership in improving the productivity of the organization through employees’ performance: A case study of the oil and gas sectors
Author(s): Hasan Karam *, R. Tasmin
Affiliation(s):
Faculty of Technology Management and Business, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia
Full Text - PDF XML
* Corresponding Author.
Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6493-8899
Digital Object Identifier:
https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2020.09.014
Abstract:
Leadership is an integral part of the organization with a direct impact on organizational productivity and profit. The desirous leader is considered the one who can get the best from their employees to achieve the organizational goals. Thus, the appropriate leadership style, according to the needs of the organization, has a positive impact on organizational performance. This study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effects of transformational leadership on staff productivity. In this regard, data is collected from 638 participants using different means. The key parameters which are considered in this research are 360-degree scores, attendance, quality of work, and promoted score. The results revealed that in the oil and gas sector, the employees are quite optimistic about the leadership, and they believe that their immediate team leaders have a significant role in improving their performance.
© 2020 The Authors. Published by IASE.
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Keywords: Qualitative, Quantitative, Surveys, Interviews, Transformational leadership, Staff productivity, NVIVO
Article History: Received 20 January 2020, Received in revised form 5 June 2020, Accepted 7 June 2020
Acknowledgment:
No Acknowledgment.
Compliance with ethical standards
Conflict of interest: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
Citation:
Karam H and Tasmin R (2020). The role of leadership in improving the productivity of the organization through employees’ performance: A case study of the oil and gas sectors. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 7(9): 89-96
Permanent Link to this page
Figures
Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Fig. 3 Fig. 4 Fig. 5 Fig. 6 Fig. 7 Fig. 8 Fig. 9 Fig. 10 Fig. 11 Fig. 12 Fig. 13 Fig. 14 Fig. 15 Fig. 16
Tables
Table 1 Table 2 Table 3 Table 4 Table 5 Table 6 Table 7 Table 8
----------------------------------------------
References (19)
- Al-Dhaqm A, Abd Razak S, Othman SH, Nagdi A, and Ali A (2016). A generic database forensic investigation process model. Jurnal Teknologi, 78(6-11): 45-57. https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v78.9190 [Google Scholar]
- Al-Dhaqm A, Razak S, and Othman SH (2018). Model derivation system to manage database forensic investigation domain knowledge. In the IEEE Conference on Application, Information and Network Security, IEEE, Langkawi, Malaysia: 75-80. https://doi.org/10.1109/AINS.2018.8631468 [Google Scholar]
- Al-Dhaqm A, Razak S, Othman SH, Choo KKR, Glisson WB, Ali A, and Abrar M (2017a). CDBFIP: Common database forensic investigation processes for internet of things. IEEE Access, 5: 24401-24416. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2017.2762693 [Google Scholar]
- Al-Dhaqm A, Razak S, Othman SH, Ngadi A, Ahmed MN, and Mohammed AA (2017b). Development and validation of a database forensic metamodel (DBFM). PloS One, 12(2): e0170793. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0170793 [Google Scholar] PMid:28146585 PMCid:PMC5287479
- Aldhaqm A, Razak SA, and Othman SH (2015). Common investigation process model for database forensic investigation discipline. In the 1st ICRIL-International Conference on Innovation in Science and Technology, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: 297-300. [Google Scholar]
- Al-Dhaqm AMR, Othman SH, Razak SA, and Ngadi A (2014). Towards adapting metamodelling technique for database forensics investigation domain. In the International Symposium on Biometrics and Security Technologies, IEEE, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: 322-327. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISBAST.2014.7013142 [Google Scholar]
- Ali A, Razak SA, Othman SH, and Mohammed A (2015). Towards adapting metamodeling approach for the mobile forensics investigation domain. In the 1st International Conference on Innovation in Science and Technology, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: 364-368. [Google Scholar]
- Ali A, Razak SA, Othman SH, and Mohammed A (2017a). Extraction of common concepts for the mobile forensics domain. In the International Conference of Reliable Information and Communication Technology, Springer, Johor Bahru, Malaysia: 141-154. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59427-9_16 [Google Scholar]
- Ali A, Razak SA, Othman SH, Mohammed A, and Saeed F (2017b). A metamodel for mobile forensics investigation domain. PloS One, 12(4): e0176223. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176223 [Google Scholar] PMid:28445486 PMCid:PMC5433730
- Berry ML (2010). Predicting turnover intent: Examining the effects of employee engagement, compensation fairness, job satisfaction, and age. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Tennessee, Tennessee, USA. [Google Scholar]
- Brower RE and Balch BV (2005). Transformational leadership and decision making in schools. Corwin Press, Thousand Oaks, USA. [Google Scholar]
- Garg S, Patil KR, and Agarwal K (2020). Role of leadership in entrepreneurial development: An empirical study. TEST Engineering and Management, 82: 1263-1271. [Google Scholar]
- Hofstede G (2001). Culture's consequences: Comparing values, behaviors, institutions and organizations across nations. Sage publications, Thousand Oaks, USA. [Google Scholar]
- Ngadi M, Al-Dhaqm R, and Mohammed A (2012). Detection and prevention of malicious activities on RDBMS relational database management systems. International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research, 3(9): 1-10. [Google Scholar]
- O'leary Z (2004). The essential guide to doing research. Sage, Thousand Oaks, USA. [Google Scholar]
- Parker PS (2005). Race, gender and leadership: Re-envisioning organizational leadership from the perspectives of African American women executives. Lawrence Erlbaum, Mahwah, USA. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781410611253 [Google Scholar]
- Smith PAC and Pourdehnad J (2018). Organizational leadership for the fourth industrial revolution: Emerging research and opportunities (advances in logistics, operations, and management science). 1st Edition, IGI Global, Pennsylvania, USA. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5390-8 [Google Scholar]
- Tandoh VC (2011). Effect of leadership behaviours on employee performance in Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited. Ph.D. Dissertation, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. [Google Scholar]
- Theisohn T and Lopes C (2013). Ownership leadership and transformation: Can we do better for capacity development. Routledge, Abingdon, UK. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315065687 [Google Scholar]
|