Hubungan Pengaruh Gaya Kepemimpinan Transformasional terhadap Perlaksanaan Program Pelan Penggantian Pembangunan Kerjaya dalam Perkhidmatan Awam Malaysia
The Relationship between Transfomational Leadership Styles towards Implementing Succession Planning Program Career Development in Malaysian Public Sector

Pusat Pengajian Pembangunan Sosial Dan Ekonomi
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, MALAYSIA.

rohana.a@umt.edu.my

Pusat Pengajian Kerajaan
Kolej Undang-Undang, Kerajaan dan Pengajian Antarabangsa
Universiti Utara Malaysia
06010 UUM Sintok, Kedah, MALAYSIA.

martadha@uum.edu.my

Abstract

A systematic succession planning program, couple with solid career development is important to public employees. Previous studies reveal that there is a relationship between career development and top management support. Thus, to groom future leaders, it is of utmost important for organization not to rely on the systematic succession planning programs: but also to have full commitment from the top management. Therefore, this study intends to explore the relationship between leadership characteristic styles and succession planning program implementation in the public sector in Malaysia. Therefore, this study looks at the dimensions of leadership influence introduced by Bass and Avolio (2004), the ideal influence, inspirational motivation, individual influences as well as intellectual stimulation. Additionally, dimension that measure succession planning which is career development was also used. A quantitative method was evocated in this study. Quantitative research design was employed by distributing survey questionnaires to 576 Malaysian Public Sector government servants from Grade 48 to 64 and 425 questionnaires we returned. Based on multiple regression analysis, the finding demonstrate that individualised influence significantly related to succession planning program. Therefore, public sector needs to pay attention to leadership styles of top management so that succession-planning program can be implemented successfully.

Keywords

Career development; public sector Malaysia; succession planning; transformational leadership styles
https://doi.org/10.17576/pengurusan-2019-55-13

Citation

Ahmad, R. A., & Mohamed, A. M. (2019). Hubungan Pengaruh Gaya Kepemimpinan Transformasional terhadap Perlaksanaan Program Pelan Penggantian Pembangunan Kerjaya dalam Perkhidmatan Awam Malaysia. Jurnal Pengurusan, 55, 159–167. https://doi.org/10.17576/pengurusan-2019-55-13

@article{ahmad2019hubungan,
  title={Hubungan Pengaruh Gaya Kepemimpinan Transformasional terhadap Perlaksanaan Program Pelan Penggantian Pembangunan Kerjaya dalam Perkhidmatan Awam Malaysia},
  author={Ahmad, Rohana and Mohamed, Ahmad Martadha},
  journal={Jurnal Pengurusan},
 

volume={55},
  number={},
  pages={159—167},
  year={2019},
  doi={https://doi.org/10.17576/pengurusan-2019-55-13},
  publisher={Penerbit UKM},
}

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