Literature Review of Transformational Leadership “Organization Climate – Employee Performance” Abstract The literature review attempts to examine transformational leadership impact addressing organizational change and performance. Based on the concept and theory do the attributes and skills provide the tools for leaders to motivate and influence follower’s verses the traditional leading through power and authority. The history of transformational leadership style has now been
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Gandhi – The Transformational Leader Leadership is the ability to influence a group towards the achievement of a vision or a set of goals. Leadership could be defined simply as the ability to lead - that is to guide‚ direct‚ influence or inspire. Many leadership theories abound amongst which the theory of Transformational Leadership proposed by Burns and Bass provides wide ranging applications and some very prominent examples. Transformational leadership enhances the motivation‚ morale and
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Transformational Changes in Healthcare: Two Case Studies Patrick Chapman MHA 601 Professor Sherrie Lu November 29‚ 2010 Transformational Changes in Healthcare: Two Case Studies The economic downturn has led healthcare organizations to think big changes. We understand that all organizations experience micro changes in their normal adjustments to operating; however‚ occasionally a unique climate comes together to force new ways of thinking. This new way of thinking is usually a whole novel vision
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Transactional vs. Transformational Styles of Leadership Leadership is described as “a process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task". There have been many leadership theories of what produces good leadership involving traits‚ situational interaction‚ function‚ behavior‚ power‚ vision and values‚ charisma‚ and intelligence‚ among others. The role every manager must fill in the workplace is being a good leader. Managers
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Both transformational leadership and leader-member exchange leadership theories have been an issue of discussion for many scholars. The majority of authors agree that transformational leaders ‘have qualitatively different and quantitatively greater effects on their followers than the effects of exchange leaders’ (Gupta & Krishnan 2004‚ p.7). This essay builds on the existing literature about these two theories and will try to draw a parallel between LMX and transformational leadership‚ i.e. it will
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and transformational leadership are two distinct managerial styles that seek either to maintain or change the organization. Transactional leadership is largely characterised by a desire to maintain the company’s existing culture‚ policies and procedures. It uses reward and punishment based system to compel employees to conform to certain behaviour’s. in contrast ‚the transformational leadership style seeks to provoke change in the way the company operates. Leaders who exhibit transformational leadership
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Becoming a Transformational Leader Situational leadership is easy to assume! Even though a Transformational leader (“Leader”) is needs to be internally directed‚ purpose centered‚ other focused and externally open‚ Transformational leadership (“Leadership”) is not easy to assume! A Leader appreciates that the most powerful solutions are created when different personalities are brought together. He motivates different personality types by leveraging his deep understanding of their personal values
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REVISITING FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP THEORY: A CLOSER LOOK AT FOLLOWER DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSES A Dissertation Presented to The Academic Faculty By Michael Lippstreu In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology Georgia Institute of Technology May‚ 2010 Copyright © 2010 by Michael Lippstreu REVISITING FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP THEORY: A CLOSER LOOK AT FOLLOWER DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSES Approved
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Krishna as a Transformational Leader James MacGregor Burns (1978) first introduced the concepts of transformational and transactional leadership in his treatment of political leadership. According to Burns‚ transformational leaders offer a purpose that transcends short-term goals and focuses on higher order intrinsic needs. Working for a Transformational Leader can be a wonderful and uplifting experience. They put passion and energy into everything. They care about you and want you to succeed
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Introduction Leadership is a process by which a person influences others to accomplish an objective and directs the organization in a way that makes it more cohesive and coherent (Clark‚ 1997). Leaders carry out this process by applying their leadership attributes‚ such as beliefs‚ values‚ ethics‚ character‚ knowledge‚ and skills. Bass ’ (1989 & 1990) theory of leadership states that there are three basic ways to explain how people become leaders. These theories are; some personality traits may
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