Abstract
Objective:
Researchers have investigated the relationship between the meaning of work and variables related to work well-being. This study investigated the relationships between transformational leadership and job performance, and the mediation of the meaning of work in these relationships.
Method:
A total of 397 professionals of a Brazilian public university participated, answerin gforced-choice questionnaire. The relationship model between variables was tested using structural equations. In addition, the parameters of indirect effects of mediation were tested using bootstrap (100 resamples).
Results:
The results indicated that job performance levels were explained by transformational leadership. The meaning of work explained 86% of the relationship between the variables.
Conclusion:
The study contributes by presenting data of acquiescence control and in explaining the impact of variables on professionals’ job performance.
Keywords:
Job performance; Leadership; Psychometric
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Note: p < 0.001. a: values of the relationships between the variables without the mediation of the Meaning of Work; b: values of the relationships between the variables with the mediation of the Meaning of Work.