Transformational Leadership, Organizational Culture, and Good Governance: The Mediating Effect of Public Administrative Reform
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Transformative Leadership, Organizational Culture, Public Administration Reform, Good GovernanceAbstract
This study aims to analyze the effects of Transformational Leadership and Organizational Culture on Good Governance through Public Administration Reform as a mediating variable. A quantitative approach was employed involving 100 Civil Servants (ASN) at the Bekasi Mayor’s Office as respondents. Data were collected through an online questionnaire administered using Google Forms with a five-point Likert scale and analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling–Partial Least Squares (SEM-PLS) with SmartPLS 3.0. The results show that Transformational Leadership has a positive and significant effect on Public Administration Reform (β = 0.339; p < 0.001) but has no direct significant effect on Good Governance (β = −0.041; p = 0.605). Organizational Culture has positive and significant effects on Public Administration Reform (β = 0.609; p < 0.001) and Good Governance (β = 0.454; p < 0.001). Public Administration Reform has a positive and significant effect on Good Governance (β = 0.516; p < 0.001). Furthermore, Public Administration Reform significantly mediates the effects of Transformational Leadership (β = 0.175; p < 0.001) and Organizational Culture (β = 0.314; p < 0.001) on Good Governance. The model explains 74.5% of the variance in Public Administration Reform and 80.5% of the variance in Good Governance.
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