Pengaruh Kepemimpinan Trasnformasional dan Psychological Empowerment terhadap Employee Engagement

Abstract. Transformational leadership plays an important role in enhancing Employee engagement by providing role modeling, inspiration, and encouragement for employee development and contribution. In addition, psychological empowerment is a key factor influencing employee engagement, as employees who perceive their work as meaningful, feel competent, autonomous, and impactful tend to be more engaged in their work. The interaction between transformational leadership and psychological empowerment is expected to strengthen Employee engagement sustainably. This study aims to analyze the levels of transformational leadership, psychological empowerment, and employee engagement, as well as to examine the effect of transformational leadership and psychological empowerment on Employee engagement at the Tea and Cinchona Research Center Gambung, Ciwidey, West Java. This research employed a quantitative method with a descriptive-verificative approach. The results show that transformational leadership is categorized as moderate (62.68%), psychological empowerment is categorized as good (70.20%), and Employee engagement is categorized as good (72.72%). The findings indicate that transformational leadership and psychological empowerment have an effect on employee engagement. Abstrak. Kepemimpinan transformasional berperan penting dalam meningkatkan Employee engagement karena mampu memberikan keteladanan, inspirasi, dan dorongan bagi karyawan untuk berkembang dan berkontribusi secara optimal. Selain itu, psychological empowerment menjadi faktor penting dalam membentuk employee engagement, karena karyawan yang merasa pekerjaannya bermakna, memiliki kompetensi, otonomi, dan dampak dalam organisasi cenderung menunjukkan keterlibatan kerja yang lebih tinggi. Sinergi antara kepemimpinan transformasional dan psychological empowerment diyakini dapat memperkuat Employee engagement secara berkelanjutan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis tingkat kepemimpinan transformasional, psychological empowerment, dan employee engagement, serta menganalisis pengaruh kepemimpinan transformasional dan psychological empowerment terhadap Employee engagement di Pusat Penelitian Teh dan Kina Gambung, Ciwidey, Jawa Barat. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode kuantitatif dengan pendekatan deskriptif verifikatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kepemimpinan transformasional berada pada kategori cukup (62,68%), psychological empowerment berada pada kategori baik (70,20%), dan Employee engagement berada pada kategori baik (72,72%). Berdasarkan hasil analisis, kepemimpinan transformasional dan psychological empowerment berpengaruh terhadap employee engagement.