Correlation Between Transformational Leadership, Psychological Capital and Work Engagement

摘要

This research aims to study the effect of transformational leadership and psychological capital (PsyCap) on work engagement. The idea of this research derived from the phenomena in a startup company in which it has high turnover. To address this problem, one possible solution needs to be taken is by increasing work engagement. This is built on past studies which indicates work engagements could predict turnover intention (Saks, 2006). The participants of this research were 31 employees of startup companies in Indonesia. This was a quantitative research with regression analysis for hypothesis testing. Finally, the results showed that psychological capital (PsyCap) has a significant influence on work engagement and transformational leadership does not affect work engagement.