Leadership and change commitment in the life insurance service context in Taiwan: the mediating-moderating role of job satisfaction

Percept Mot Skills. 2011 Jun;112(3):889-914. doi: 10.2466/01.07.PMS.112.3.889-914.

Abstract

The effects of transformational leadership and satisfaction were studied along with their interconnected effects (mediation and moderation) on commitment to change in the life insurance industry in two samples, sales managers and salespersons. A multiple mediated-moderated regression approach showed mediation and moderation to have statistically significant main effects on change commitment. Transformational leadership and satisfaction made a more important contribution to change commitment while job satisfaction had a mediating and moderating role that could enhance the relationships between leadership and change commitment. This information is of importance in building successful change commitment associations with customers.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Commerce
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Insurance, Life*
  • Job Satisfaction*
  • Leadership*
  • Male
  • Motivation
  • Organizational Innovation*
  • Organizational Objectives
  • Personnel Loyalty*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Taiwan
  • Young Adult