Mediating role of employee commitment in the relationship between transactional leadership and employee performance

For any organization to accomplish its key goals and survive in the aggressive market, employees’ job performance plays a fundamental role (Falola, Osibanjo, & Ojo, 2014). The type of leadership style affects level commitment. Besides, employee commitment is extremely important for leaders keep their workers driven satisfied (Riaz et al., 2017). This study intends examine significance as mediator relationship between transactional among Malaysian construction sector employees. Using simple random sampling technique, this target population completed self-administered questionnaire which was assessed using structural equation modelling (SEM) through IBM-SPSS-AMOS 24.0. Resultantly, proved insignificant forecasting while substantially affected performance. Meanwhile, significantly impacted fully mediated research’s implications are furthermore reviewed.