The impact of transformational leadership on employee engagement in Japanese enterprises in Vietnam


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  • Trinh Hoai Anh Hanoi University
DOI: https://doi.org/10.57110/vnu-jeb.v5i3.369

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Chế độ đãi ngộ, Nhật Bản, phát triển nghề nghiệp, phong cách lãnh đạo chuyển đổi, sự gắn bó

Abstract

This study aims at investigating the impact of transformational leadership style on employee engagement through the mediating role of compensation and career development. The author analyzed data from 211 full-time Vietnamese employees working in Japanese enterprises in Vietnam using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modeling (SEM) to test the hypothesis. The results show that transformational leadership style indirectly affects engagement through the mediating role of compensation and the mediating role of career development. Theoretically, the study contributes new knowledge on the mediating effect of compensation and career development on the relationship between a transformational leadership style and employee engagement in Japanese enterprises. Practically, the study has implications for organizational management, leadership, and human resource management.

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Trinh Hoai Anh. (2025). The impact of transformational leadership on employee engagement in Japanese enterprises in Vietnam. VNU JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS, 5(3), 48. https://doi.org/10.57110/vnu-jeb.v5i3.369

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