Research on Building a Leadership Competency Model for the Railway Transport Enterprise

The rail transport is the artery of transportation in China. At present, the way of railway undertakes the enormous transport tasks. In order to complete these tasks, the influence of foremen's competency of railway stations is very important. This article firstly gains the foremen's competency by applying the following methods: literature analysis and interview. Then a leadership competency model is built by using exploratory factor analysis method, according to the data collected from questionnaires. This leadership competency model is consisted of basic competencies, the two dimensions of competency development and the seventeen competence factors. Based on the theory of structural equation model, the validity of this competency model is proved by examining the first-order multi-factor oblique and the second-order confirmatory factor. There are three results demonstrated as follows: Firstly, there are three main factors impacting on foreman's competency of railway transportation stations in turn including the team building ability, mentality, accomplishment, professional quality. Secondly, except the necessary knowledge, the management capacity is more important for foremen working in railway transportation enterprises. Thirdly, there is one critical ability for an outstanding foreman which is the team building ability, which is subordinates care and has the good professional spirit. The result of this article could provide a set of scientific and objective theoretical support for leadership competency of railway transport enterprises. In addition, it put forward some new ideas for leadership competency assessment.