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    A Study into the Identification and Application of Transformational Leadership Aspects in the Petrochemical Industry to Enhance Employee Productivity and Innovation
    (The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2024-09) AL MANSOORI, SAEED ALI; Dr Bader Obeidat
    The petrochemical industry is a major contributor to the economy and its workforce plays a vital role in driving productivity and innovation. This study investigates the application of transformational leadership in the petrochemical industry to enhance employee productivity and innovation. A sample of 539 employees working in petrochemical organisations in Abu Dhabi was surveyed, and a structural equation modelling technique was used to test the collected data. The results revealed that transformational leadership has a positive impact on emotional stability, employee productivity, and innovation, but a negative effect on job burnout. Emotional stability has a positive effect on employee productivity and innovation, whereas job burnout has a negative effect on both. Emotional stability and job burnout significantly mediated the relationship between transformational leadership, employee productivity, and innovation. The interaction between contingent rewards and transformational leadership negatively affects emotional stability and positively affects job burnout. This study highlights the importance of implementing transformational leadership practices to enhance employees’ emotional stability, productivity, and innovation while reducing the negative impact of job burnout. This study has contextual limitations. Future research could explore the effectiveness of transformational leadership in other industries and use alternative techniques to improve its generalisability.