How to Support the Effect of Transformational Leadership on Performance in Agricultural Enterprises

Nadežda Jankelová, Zuzana Joniaková, Ildikó Némethová and Jana Blštáková
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Nadežda Jankelová: Department of Management, Faculty of Business Management, University of Economics in Bratislava, Dolnozemská cesta 1, 852 35 Bratislava, Slovakia
Zuzana Joniaková: Department of Management, Faculty of Business Management, University of Economics in Bratislava, Dolnozemská cesta 1, 852 35 Bratislava, Slovakia
Ildikó Némethová: Department of Intercultural Communication, Faculty of Applied Languages, University of Economics in Bratislava, Dolnozemská cesta 1, 852 35 Bratislava, Slovakia
Jana Blštáková: Department of Management, Faculty of Business Management, University of Economics in Bratislava, Dolnozemská cesta 1, 852 35 Bratislava, Slovakia

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 18, 1-17

Abstract: The study published in this article contains the results of examining the relationship between transformational leadership and natural performance in agribusiness. For the purposes of the study, natural performance refers to performance that considers the natural results of agrarian plant and animal production. This research focuses on the influence of transformational leadership on business performance through job autonomy and job satisfaction. The study was conducted on a research sample of 757 respondents from 49 businesses. The study verifies a positive association between transformational leadership and business performance, which is mediated by job autonomy and job satisfaction. The research results have proven that transformational leadership has a positive effect on agribusiness performance mediated through job autonomy and job satisfaction. The study contains important knowledge on agribusiness sustainability, as it provides verifiable findings on the relationship between management styles and natural performance of business.

Keywords: leadership; performance; agricultural enterprise (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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