Impact of Leadership Style in Start-up Enterprises on Employee Performance in China

Liao Wuzhang

Transformational leadership

Employees -- Rating of -- China

Organizational behavior -- China

The purposes of this research were:1) to explore transformational leadership, transactional leadership, work engagement and employee performance.2) to analyze both direct and indirect effects of transformational leadership, transactional leadership, work engagement which affect employee performance.3) to find the Impact of Leadership Style in Start-up Enterprises on Employee Performance in China. The sample of 541 middle-level administrators from 9,601 retail startups in Guangxi Province of China are selected for the study. Research instruments included: 1) questionnaire, and 2) structured interview. Data analysis by using arithmetic mean, Minimum, Maximum, standard deviation, Skewness, Kurtosis, confirmatory factors analysis--CFA, correlation analysis, Path Analysis and SEM. The results were found that Both Transformational Leadership and Transactional Leadership have significant effects on Work Engagement, Work Engagement significantly contributes to Employee Performance. Both leadership styles have direct and indirect (mediated through Work Engagement) effects on Employee Performance. Mediation analysis shows that Work Engagement plays a crucial role in explaining how both Transformational Leadership and Transactional Leadership influence Employee Performance.

Keywords: Transformational Leadership, Transactional Leadership, Work Engagement, Employee Performance.

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Tatchapong Sattabut

2025

2026-09-23

2026-09-23

2026-09-23

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Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University

Degree of Doctor of Philosophy

Doctoral degree

Business Administration Program (International Program)

Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University