Professionalism and Inter-Employee Trust in Mediating the Relationship Between Transglobal Leadership Style and Employee Performance of Indonesian Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre

Abstract

The purpose is examines and tests comprehensively the relationship between transglobal leadership style towards trust between employees (mutual trust), professionalism, and its impact on employee performance, simultaneously. The approach used in this research was quantitative approach (positivism), where data obtained from survey results was in the form of numbers, which were then analyzed using statistics to answer questions and test the research hypothesis. The data collected was cross sectional data. It was obtained from respondents in responding to indicators outlined in the form of questionnaires relating to the variables of Leadership Style (X1) on Employee Performance (Y), with mediation of Trust (M1) and Professionalism (M2). This study found that Transglobal leadership style had a significant influence on professionalism and trust among employees, but Transglobal leadership style did not significantly influence employee performance. However, through an indirect influence test (mediation test), it was seen that professionalism and inter-employee trust mediated the influence of the transglobal leadership style on employee performance. Literature review on global leadership as a driver of employee performance mediated by trust between employees and professionalism has not been found yet. This provides an opportunity for research or there is a gap that can be investigated. The mediation relationship and the inclusion of the transglobal leadership variable is a relatively new model in research on employee performance, thus, it can be seen as novelty in this research