Perceived Organizational Support and Employee Loyalty as Mediators in the Relationship Between Leadership Effectiveness and Task Performance: A Study of Nurses in Erbil City

Abstract

Abstract In today's complex workplaces, good leadership is crucial for making employees do their jobs better. The aim of the study is to evaluate the role of Perceived Organizational Support and Employee Loyalty in the relationship between Leadership Effectiveness and Task Performance. While previous research has shed light on how leadership affects task performance, this study goes a step further by investigating how feeling supported and being loyal to the organization come into play. For this purpose, researchers have used a self-administered questionnaire and sampled 193 nurses in eight hospitals in Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq about their experiences. The researchers used SMARTPLS using structure equation modeling to investigate the objective of the research. The study’s findings show that loyalty and organizational support serve as pivotal assets in mediating the relationship between leadership effectiveness and task performance. Loyal employees are highly motivated and engaged, leading to enhanced productivity, while organizational support creates a positive work environment, fostering job satisfaction and performance being loyal and feeling supported by the organization really matter when it comes to how good leadership affects job performance loyal employees work harder, and when the organization supports them, they feel happier and work better. This study provides valuable insights for organizations aiming to optimize their leadership strategies to enhance employee performance and satisfaction in complex and dynamic work environments.