Moderating effect of job crafting on the relationship between leadership styles and employee’s performance in Adamawa state public higher institutions
Keywords:
Authentic leadership Styles, Employees performance, Transformational, Transactional, Job craftingAbstract
This study examines the possible moderating effects of job crafting on the relationship between transformational, transactional, authentic leadership styles and employees’ performance in Public higher institutions in Adamawa State Nigeria. A total of 497 staff from public higher institutions in Adamawa State Nigeria participated in the study. Results supported the hypothesized direct effects of leadership styles and job crafting on employee’s performance. In addition, job crafting moderated between transactional leadership, authentic leadership and employees’ performance but failed to moderate the relationship between transformational leadership and employee’s performance among public higher institution staff in Adamawa State. This study contributes to leadership styles literature by integrating job crafting into the Leadership styles model. Building on this study results, future direction for job crafting research and how the results can imply practice in terms of job crafting training was discussed