Author(s)

Tonderai Mathende, Midya Yousefi

Binary University of Management and Entrepreneurship, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Transformational leadership has a significant contribution to how employees and organizations perform and grow, since it is the most suitable leadership style to manage and lead resources in challenging environments. This study examined the role of transformational leadership and means efficacy on work performance among Beverages manufacturing companies listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange that have been operating in the VUCA environment for the last 5 years. This is a quantitative research design which comprises of a sample of 369 employees who were selected using probability sampling where a self-administered survey questionnaire was administered on employees. Then, data were analyzed using various statistical techniques. The results show sharper distinctions of each dimension of transformational leadership in predicting both work performance and means efficacy. Again, means efficacy partially mediated the relationship between transformational leadership dimensions and work performance.

Transformational Leadership, Idealized Influence, Intellectual Stimulation, Inspirational Motivation, Individualized Consideration, Means Efficacy, Work Performance, VUCA Environment

Mathende, T. and Yousefi, M. (2021) Transformational Leadership Role and Means Efficacy on Work Performance under Volatile Uncertain Complex and Ambiguous Environment. Open Journal of Leadership, 10, 277-299. doi: 10.4236/ojl.2021.104018.