During the last three decades, there has been a growing body of research dealing with transformational leadership. Initially outlined by Burns in his book of 1978, the theory of transformational leadership was reconceptualized and developed by Bass. Bass views transformational leadership as an expansion of traditional leadership that goes beyond simple exchange rewards and promises of reward fo...

background in today's changing and uncertain environment, there is a need for transformational leaders. besides, due to lack of effective leaders in organizations, identifying factors influencing managers to act as transformational managers is very important. spirituality is one of the factors, which cause managers to act as transformational managers. objectives this study aimed to investigate ...

BACKGROUND For the purpose of providing excellent patient care, residents need to be strong, effective leaders. The lack of clinical leadership is alarming given the detrimental effects on patient safety. The objective of the study was to assess whether a leadership training addressing transactional and transformational leadership enhances leadership skills in residents. METHODS A volunteer s...

Leadership has existed for as long as people have interacted, and it is present in all cultures. This study aimed at to know the effect of transformational and transactional leadership style on organizational effectiveness. The researcher used multifactor leadership questionnaire for evaluating leadership style of mangers, who are working in public sector organization, Tamil Nadu, India. 300 ma...

This study examined the etiology of transformational leadership in virtual team contexts. First, we compared 127 members of virtual decision-making teams with 135 members of traditional face-to-face teams in terms of the relationship between aspects of personality and the emergence of transformational leadership. The type of communication media (face-to-face versus “pure” virtual) was found to ...

the business environment changes caused to change in managers and researchers approach about leadership principles. they have to revise leadership traditional theories and developed new theory for leadership as “transformational leadership theory”. transformational leader with charisma; idealized influence; inspirational motivation; intellectual stimulation; and individualized consideration, emp...

fundamentally, public services must be of high quality so as to satisfy the wants and needs of the beneficiaries. but it’s worrisome to discover that in uganda, public services provided are of poor quality due to unethical behaviors and wanting leadership. the purpose of this study is to show that transformational leadership can advance ethical culture to spur provision of quality services. a r...

background: effective leadership is essential to passing through obstacles facing the health field. the current health care system in iran has major problems and gaps in the field of effective leadership. the aim of this study was to evaluate hospital managers’ leadership style through self-assessment and to determine the correlation between leadership styles with healthcare executives’ leaders...