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The Present study explores how transformational leadership leads to higher employee work
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structured questionnaire using stratified random sampling technique from various types of
service firms. The result drawn from the sample of 150 respondents shows that inspirational
motivation, idealized influence, individual consideration and intellectual stimulation when all
these aspects of transformational leadership are practiced by the managers it leads to higher
employee work engagement.
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