The Impact of Transformational Leadership on Employee Performance with Organizational Culture, Employee Engagement, and Quality of Work Life as Mediating Variables at Credit Unions in West Kalimantan
Credit Unions (Savings and Loans Cooperatives) are a phenomenon of the people's economic movement practised in West Kalimantan. For more than three decades, credit unions have been able to educate and raise public awareness to build their collective economy. Thus, the best practice of economic democratization can be said to exist there. This study aimed to determine the impact of transformational leadership on employee performance with organizational culture, employee engagement, and quality of work life as mediating variables at the credit unions in West Kalimantan. This research employed a descriptive quantitative method with a causal approach. Data collection was administered using a questionnaire involving 376 respondents selected through the purposive sampling technique. In addition, researchers used Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) utilizing the AMOS 24 software. The present study results revealed that transformational leadership had a positive and significant impact on employee performance, organizational culture, employee engagement, and quality of work life. Furthermore, the organizational culture, employee engagement, and quality of work life had a positive and significant impact on employee performance. Accordingly, the organizational culture, employee engagement, and quality of work life played a significant mediating role between transformational leadership and employee performance.