Purpose

The main aim of the study was to assess the effect of employee recognition and employee engagement on their productivity: the moderating role of transformational leadership style at Ghana Health Service.

Design/methodology/approach

This study was based on cross-sectional data design using a structured questionnaire as instrument for the research. The population of the study consisted of 258 employees who have worked for Ghana Health Service in Kumasi for at least 5 years and had complete contact information were chosen using random sampling technique. Validity and reliability test were conducted before the actual presentation of analysis using Ordinary Least Square approach, run using SPSS (v.23).

Findings

From the present study, employee recognition program motivates and influence employees positively to improve their productivity. Moreover, the present study depicts that employee engagement is a strong predictor of employee productivity in the health sector in Ghana. An engaged employee is willing to work hard to increase his productivity to meet organizational goal. Lastly, transformational leaders' ability to instill a feeling of self-worth in their followers is the key motivator for them to commit to a certain performance goal. Transformational leaders boost their followers' motivation and self-efficacy which aims at increasing their productivity.

Research limitation/implications

Close-ended questionnaire was used for the study to get responses from respondents. The close-ended questionnaire acknowledged the inherent problems that arose when respondents were not given the opportunity to express their opinions explicitly as they may like.

中文翻译：

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员工认可度、员工敬业度对其生产力的影响：变革型领导风格在加纳卫生服务中的作用

目的

该研究的主要目的是评估员工认可度和员工敬业度对其生产力的影响：变革型领导风格在加纳卫生服务中的调节作用。

设计/方法/途径

本研究基于横断面数据设计，使用结构化问卷作为研究工具。该研究的人群包括 258 名员工，他们在库马西的加纳卫生服务中心工作了至少 5 年，并使用随机抽样技术选择了完整的联系信息。在使用 SPSS (v.23) 运行的普通最小二乘法进行实际分析之前，进行了有效性和可靠性测试。

发现

从目前的研究来看，员工认可计划可以积极地激励和影响员工，以提高他们的生产力。此外，本研究表明，员工敬业度是加纳卫生部门员工生产力的有力预测指标。敬业的员工愿意努力工作以提高生产力以实现组织目标。最后，变革型领导者向下属灌输自我价值感的能力是他们致力于实现特定绩效目标的关键动力。变革型领导者会提高下属的积极性和自我效能感，从而提高他们的生产力。

研究局限性/影响

研究使用封闭式问卷调查来获得受访者的回答。封闭式问卷承认当受访者没有机会按照他们的意愿明确表达意见时出现的固有问题。