The relationship between transformational leadership and follower employee work engagement in a remote environment. Doctoral Colloquium Submission

Abstract

The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused many organizations to change their strategies and shift into the remote working environment due to health and safety precautions (Bartsch et al., 2020). Such a shift happened to be a great challenge for organizations, managers, and employees. For many, such a working environment is challenging. Kniffin et al. (2021) state that: "Covid-19 makes a clear vulnerability that employers and employees face". They argue that people need to learn to work differently like no previous generation ever did. For instance, leaders may run into further difficulties of not overseeing everyone’s work and avoiding employee burnout and workforce disengagement. For this reason, the study aims to investigate whether transformational leadership is effective