THE INFLUENCE OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP ON INDIVIDUAL KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION, AND EMPLOYEE'S CREATIVITY IN PT. PINDAD (PERSERO)

Abstract

This study aims to determine the influence of transformational leadership on individual knowledge acquisition and employee's creativity. It is explanatory research with a quantitative approach. The data uses in this study are primary data that obtained through questionnaires. The sampling process uses proportional random sampling with a total sample of 128 samples and as many as 80 samples after questionnaires that distributed to respondents at the research site. Data analysis in this study uses SEM-PLS with Smart PLS 3.0 software. The results show that transformational leadership has a significant influence on individual knowledge acquisition, transformational leadership has a significant influence on employee's creativity, and individual knowledge acquisition has a significant influence on employee's creativity. Transformational leadership variables have a significant influence on employee's creativity through individual knowledge acquisition.