M.A. Thesis:

Transformational leadership and employee performance: The role of identification, engagement and proactive personality

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between transformational leadership and job performance and organizational citizenship behavior with the mediating role of organizational identity and job involvement and pioneering personality modulation. This research is an applied research component in terms of purpose and a descriptive-survey method. The statistical population of this study consisted of 150 employees of Sabzevar National Iranian Oil Distribution Company who were selected by census method. Library and field methods have been used for data collection. Data collection tool was a 29-item questionnaire extracted from the study (Bill et al., 2018). Validity of the variables was calculated using Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.83. Content validity of the questionnaire was approved by expert teachers. Factor analysis was performed using SPSS software version 19 and structural modeling method with LISREL software version 8.8 was used for statistical analysis.. The results showed

Keywords: Transformational Leadership, Job Performance, Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Organizational Identity, Job Involvement, Pioneering Personality