Empowerment leadership as a predictor of expatriates job performance and creative work involvement

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Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between empowering leadership and organizational commitment and its effect on job performance and creative work involvement within the expatriate society of the UAE. Design/methodology/approach: The paper suggests a theoretical model derived from survey responses gathered from expatriates used in multinational organizations located in Dubai city in the UAE. Findings: The results show that organizational commitment partially mediates the relationship between empowering leadership and job performance. Furthermore, the results show that organizational commitment partially mediates the relationship between empowering leadership and creative work involvement. Originality/value: This research adds to the existing body of knowledge on international business by investigating the effects that organizational commitment and empowering leadership have on creative work involvement and job performance of expatriates.

Original languageEnglish
JournalInternational Journal of Organizational Analysis
DOIs
Publication statusAccepted/In press - 2021

Keywords

  • Creativity
  • Empowerment
  • Expatriates
  • Performance

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Strategy and Management
  • Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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