The Effect of Leadership on Employees' Motivation

Leadership and motivation have been thoroughly researched; however, the knowledge of how humanitarian organizations’ employees in Yemen perceive leadership role in enhancing motivation is lacking. Such knowledge is critical because humanitarian organizations in Yemen are expanding their services and putting increased demands on their employees. This study aimed at gaining in-depth knowledge on how employees in humanitarian organizations in Yemen perceive the role of leadership in motivating these employees via investigating how leadership (transformational and transactional) could influence employees' motivation (intrinsic and extrinsic) in humanitarian organizations in Yemen. The quantitative approach was followed through distributing 361 questionnaires, yielding a 39.9% response rate. The study findings indicated that there is a positive significant relationship between leadership (transformational and transactional) and motivation (intrinsic and extrinsic). Moreover, there is a significant positive impact of transformational and transactional leadership styles on motivation (intrinsic and extrinsic). This study recommends decision makers at humanitarian organizations in Yemen pay more attention to leadership styles in order to enhance employees’ motivation which will have positive consequences for the employees and the organization. Employees will be more motivated if the leadership styles are practiced properly, and consequently the organizational goals will be achieved effectively