TITLE:
Transformational Leadership as a Boundary Condition in the Capability-Performance Link: Evidence from the UAE Public Sector
AUTHORS:
Mohamed Mubarak Ahmed Almessabi, Hariyaty Binti A. B. Wahid
KEYWORDS:
Transformational Leadership, Management Commitment, Green Process Innovation, Communication Effectiveness, Organizational Performance, UAE Public Sector, Resource-Based View, Moderation
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Human Resource and Sustainability Studies,
Vol.14 No.2,
June
30,
2026
ABSTRACT: This paper considers the time frame of organizational capabilities to performance by placing the transformational leadership (TL) as the boundary condition within the public sector. Using the Resource-Based View (RBV), management commitment (MC), green process innovation (GPI), and communication effectiveness (CE) are developed as important capabilities that affect the organizational performance (OP). The study employs direct and moderation effects, using survey data of 390 employees of the UAE Ministry of Interior and PLS-SEM analysis. The results show that both MC, GPI, and CE have considerable positive impacts on OP. More to the point, TL plays a much stronger role in reinforcing the performance effect of GPI and CE, but has a relatively smaller moderating effect on MC. The findings change the perspective on leadership as a mediating mechanism to a situational facilitator that dictates when capabilities are most productive. This research paper adds to the RBV in that, it presents a moderation-based approach to the issue and also provides a realistic contribution to the values of the public-sector organizations interested in maximizing their performance through coherent leadership and the development of capabilities.