The Mediating Role of leader Member Exchange in the Relationship Between Paternalistic Leadership and Followers Work Engagement: An Empirical Study

المؤلف

Lecturer of Business Administration Faculty of Commerce – Tanta University, Egypt

المستخلص

This research  investigates  the direct impact of paternalistic Leadership (PL) and Leader Member  Exchange  (LMX)   on followers  work  engagement (WE)  and examines the mediating role of  LMX in the relationship between PL and followers work engagement . A field study was then conducted using a sample of  employees   of nursing staff at Tanta University  Hospitals and 262 questionnaires were completed with response rate of  88. 8% , Results revealed that all dimensions of the PL  have a statistically significant  direct impact on followers work engagement .Moreover, results  revealed  that  PL  has statistically  significant   direct impact  on  LMX  and PL and LMX have significant direct  impact on Followers work engagement.   Finally, findings showed that LMX  plays a mediating  role in the relationship between PL and  nursing staff  WE at Tanta University Hospitals

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