The transformational leadership and employee Turnover intention: the mediating effect of job Satisfaction

Abstract

The objective of the study was to examine the impact of transformational leadership on employee turnover intention with mediating effect of job satisfaction in healthcare sector of twin cities (Rawalpindi and Islamabad) of Pakistan. This study has considered transformational leadership as an independent variable, job satisfaction as mediating variable, and employee turnover intention as a dependent variable within this study in order to testify their relationship in healthcare sector of twin cities of Pakistan. Structured questionnaire based on 5 Likert scale has been the research instruments used by researcher in this study for collection of data from respondents (nurse and other officials of government and private healthcare firms of Rawalpindi and Islamabad). The researcher selects a sample size of 200 respondents to represent the entire population. The questionnaires were distributed in nurses and officials of government and public healthcare firms by the researcher to gather the data. Collected data was then analyzed through statistical instruments such as correlation and regression by using SPSS Software. Based on the findings, it has been concluded that transformational leadership has a negative impact on employee turnover intention with negative mediating effect of job satisfaction in healthcare sector of twin cities of Pakistan.