Transformational Leadership: How Intrinsic Motivation and Innovation at Workplace

Leaders need organizational members to devote all their attention and effort to fulfill the formal job demands outlined in the employment contract to deal with an increasingly complex and rapidly changing environment. The purpose of this research is to explore the correlation between transformational leadership in improving the innovative performance of employees in the service division of Regional Apparatus Organizations, Karimun Regency, Riau Island Province. The type of research used is quantitative research. The sampling technique used is non-probability sampling with a random sampling method. The population and sample in this study are service employees. The type of data used is primary data with data collection techniques using questionnaires. The analysis technique used is descriptive statistical analysis, data quality test, outer model test, inner model test, and hypothesis testing. This study uses SPSS version 26 for windows and SmartPLS. The results of this study indicate that transformational leadership has a significant positive effect on innovative performance with a T-statistic value of 4.977 > 1.96 and a P-value of 0.000 <0.05, intrinsic motivation has a positive and significant effect on innovative performance with a T-statistic value of 2.621 > 1.96 and P -value 0.009 <0.05, transformational leadership has a positive and significant effect on intrinsic motivation with a T-statistic value of 9.016 >1.96 and a P-value of 0.000 <0.05, transformational leadership has a significant positive effect on innovative performance through intrinsic motivation with a T-statistic value of 2.263 > 1.96 and the P-value 0.024 <0.05.