Transformational Leadership, Organizational Sustainability, and the Moderating role of Organizational Culture in UAE Public Ministries

Abstract

Sustainability is crucial element in creating competitive advantage in economic, social, and environmental for organizational survival. Building on this framework, the study aims to examines the moderating role of organizational culture (OC) in the association between transformational leadership (TL) and organizational sustainability (i.e., economic, social, and environmental sustainability). Six hypotheses were derived from a review of the literature and are being tested in UAE public ministries to better understand the nature of the relationships. We collected data by distributing questionnaires to 531 employees working in four public ministries in the UAE, and we analyzed the data using PLS-SEM. This research found that transformational leadership had a direct impact on economic sustainability, social sustainability, and environmental sustainability. The findings also revealed that the relationship between transformational leadership and economic sustainability, and social sustainability was significantly moderated by organizational culture. Faced with a dearth of pertinent literature in each context and partial novelty of the model, this study’s findings make an important contribution to the existing body of knowledge. Moreover, this may also be useful in guiding practitioners involved in sustainability management.

Keywords: Transformational leadership, Organizational culture, Organizational sustainability, UAE ministries, PLS-SEM..