Publication Type
PhD Dissertation
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
4-2024
Abstract
This study aims to investigate the effect of leadership styles on the work performance of star talents. As star talents play more and more critical roles in the sustainable development of enterprise, how to effectively manage star talents’ sustaining growth becomes a crucial issue for organizations. The questionnaire survey is conducted to explore how different leadership styles influence the work performance of star talents. How leader-member exchange mediates the relationship between leadership styles and star talents’ work performance, and how star talents’ annual income moderates the relationship between leadership and star talents’ work performance. A total number of qualified 149 responses are received from students of the SJTU-SMU DBA program, two Shanghai-based multinational companies and one local company. The findings indicate that all three leadership styles have significant impacts on the star talents’ work performance, yet, LMX significantly and positively mediates the relationship between transformational leadership, laissez-fair leadership, and star talents’ work performance, while it is not significant for transactional leadership on star talents’ work performance. Star talents’ annual income moderates the relationship between transformational and transactional leadership and star talents’ work performance, such that the lower the annual income status the stronger the effect. Yet, it is insignificant in moderating the
relationship between laissez-faire leadership and star talents’ work performance. The result sheds light on the strategies organizations can apply to optimize the work performance of star talents through effective leadership practices and supportive leader-member relationships.
Keywords
Star Talent, Transformational Leadership, Transactional Leadership, Laissez-Faire Leadership, Leader-Member Exchange, Work Performance.
Degree Awarded
Doctor of Business Admin
Discipline
Organization Development | Strategic Management Policy
Supervisor(s)
TAN, Wee Liang
First Page
1
Last Page
113
Publisher
Singapore Management University
City or Country
Singapore
Citation
CHEN, Jen-Tsung.
How does the captain guide the brightest stars? The effect of leadership styles on star's work performance. (2024). 1-113.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/etd_coll/584
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