Transformational-Transactional Leadership Styles and Followers’ Regulatory Focus

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 182-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melvyn R. W. Hamstra ◽  
Nico W. Van Yperen ◽  
Barbara Wisse ◽  
Kai Sassenberg
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Transactional Leadership ◽  
Organizational Effectiveness ◽  
Regulatory Focus ◽  
Turnover Intentions ◽  
Regulatory Fit ◽  
Survey Study

Individuals’ willingness to remain in their organizations contributes to workforce stability and organizational effectiveness. Working from the notion that different leadership styles encourage followers to self-regulate in distinct ways, we propose regulatory fit between leadership styles and followers’ self-regulatory preferences may reduce followers’ turnover intentions. Corroborating our reasoning, a survey study showed transformational leadership reduced turnover intentions for highly promotion-focused followers, whereas transactional leadership reduced turnover intentions for highly prevention-focused followers. Thus, tailoring leadership to followers’ self-regulatory preferences may contribute to workforce stability and organizational effectiveness.

scholarly journals The effects of leadership on safety outcomes: The mediating roles of trust and safety climate

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-17
Author(s):  
Reyhan Bilgiç ◽  
Merve Betül Bulazer ◽  
Elif Bürümlü ◽  
İbrahim Öztürk ◽  
Ceyda Taşçıoğlu
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Transactional Leadership ◽  
Safety Climate ◽  
Blue Collar ◽  
Strongly Correlated ◽  
Blue Collar Workers ◽  
Safety Compliance ◽  
Safety Outcomes ◽  
A Company

Background: In the current study, the mediating roles of safety climate and trust in the relations between leadership styles which are transformational and transactional and safety outcomes which are safety compliance and safety participation are studied.Methods and Material: 101 blue-collar workers from a company in Zonguldak were participated in the study.Results: The results showed that transactional leadership is strongly associated with safety climate. As predicted, transformational leadership is found to be significantly correlated with safety participation.Conclusions: Moreover, transactional leadership is strongly correlated with safety compliance. Both safety climate and trust showed significant correlation with both of the safety outcomes. The mediating roles of trust and safety climate within the relations between transactional leadership and safety compliance and transformational leadership and safety participation are also found.

How leadership matters in organizational innovation: a perspective of openness

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Jia ◽  
Jin Chen ◽  
Liang Mei ◽  
Qian Wu
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Transactional Leadership ◽  
Organizational Innovation ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Top Managers

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to answer the following two questions: What are the influences of the top managers’ different leadership styles on organizational innovation? What is the mechanism by which the different leaderships exert different effects on organizational innovation? Design/methodology/approach To test the hypothesized model, a data set based on 133 MBA part-time students from Tsinghua University and Zhejiang University in China was built, after interviewing several top managers as a pilot study. With the help of SPSS macro, hierarchical regression and bootstrapping analysis, the paper analyzes the effects of two leadership styles on innovation performance, through the mediation mechanism of openness involving open breadth and open depth. Findings The results indicate that transformational leadership enhances, while transactional leadership reduces, the organizational innovation performance. The openness breadth and openness depth not only mediate the beneficial effect of transformational leadership on innovation, but also mediate the deleterious effect of transactional leadership on innovation. Originality/value This study empirically explores the different functions of transformational leadership and transactional leadership for leading organizational innovation performance. Furthermore, a new form of organization is an open design or strategy that allows more external knowledge and resources to be absorbed, which is claimed as a new paradigm for organization innovation. This study integrates the concepts of breadth of openness and depth of openness on the basis of open innovation literature, as an intermediate mechanism to explain the different effects of the two forms of top managers’ leadership.

Effects of Contemporary Leadership Styles and Employee Engagement on Customer Satisfaction in the Retail Grocery Industry in the US

2021 ◽  
pp. 274-298
Author(s):  
Lateef Melvin
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Transactional Leadership ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Charismatic Leadership ◽  
Leadership Theory ◽  
Grocery Industry ◽  
Retail Grocery

Competition within the retail grocery industry has reached an all-time high. Organizations looking to differentiate themselves from rivals are focusing on improved customer satisfaction. This quantitative research study investigated how customer satisfaction was related to contemporary leadership styles and employee engagement. Transactional leadership theory, transformational leadership theory, and charismatic leadership theory were used as the theoretical framework of the study. Regression analyses were conducted to determine the effect of contemporary leadership styles on employee engagement in addition to determining the extent of the relationship existing with customer satisfaction. The results of the study indicated both transactional leadership and transformational leadership positively impacted or increased employee engagement; however, transformational leadership proved to be a significantly higher predictor of employee engagement.

A Hierarchical Latent Variable Model of Leadership Styles using PLS-SEM

2014 ◽  
Vol 69 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Azlin Shafinaz Arshad ◽  
Chin Fei Goh ◽  
Amran Rasli
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Transactional Leadership ◽  
Latent Variable ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Variable Model ◽  
Component Models

The aim of this article is to propose second order hierarchical component models to analyze the two leadership styles (transformational leadership and transactional leadership) for technology-based SMEs. We adopted the two-stage approaches in partial least square-structural equation modelling to examine the appropriateness of hierarchical modelling for both leadership styles. The findings indicate that the conceptual properties of transformational leadership and transactional leadership are matched with reflective-formative type of second order hierarchical component models. In addition, the study offers an alternative avenue to those researchers who are intending to introduce hierarchical component models in modelling leadership styles.

scholarly journals An investigation into the effect of leadership style on stress-related presenteeism in South African knowledge workers

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Reuben George ◽  
Manoj Chiba ◽  
Caren B. Scheepers
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Leadership Development ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Job Stress ◽  
Transactional Leadership ◽  
Knowledge Workers ◽  
Quality Of Work Life ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
Organisational Performance ◽  
Laissez Faire

Orientation: Leadership styles influence knowledge workers’ job-stress-related presenteeism (JSRP) and, ultimately, organisational performance. Knowledge workers generally work under strict deadlines in fast-paced, stressful environments, and require organisational support.Research purpose: The objective of this study was to examine empirically the effect of three leadership styles, namely transformational, transactional and laissez-faire, on job-relatedstress presenteeism in knowledge workers across a number of industries in South Africa.Motivation for the study: Absenteeism has been the subject of much investigation but more research is required into the antecedents and consequences of presenteeism, the phenomenon of employees being physically present at work, but not fully functional and therefore unproductive. Illness as an antecedent to presenteeism has been studied, but limited attention has been given to presenteeism caused by stress. There are very few studies that investigate leadership styles as antecedents for JSRP and this study therefore sets out to provide quantitative evidence of this relationship.Research design, approach and method: The researchers used a cross-sectional quantitative approach within the positivism research philosophy. Two questionnaires were administered: the multifactor leadership questionnaire form 6S and the job-related-stress presenteeism questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and Pearson’s product-moment correlation were used to answer the research questions. The participants (N = 242) were knowledge workers, representing 12 widely categorised industries. The researchers analysed job role descriptions to ensure the respondents were all knowledge workers.Main findings: Transformational leadership has a higher negative correlation with JSRP than does transactional leadership, whereas laissez-faire leadership has no significant relationship with job stress or JSRP.Practical/managerial implications: The research provides a compelling case for investment into transformational and transactional leadership development by showing the preventative effect that transformational leadership and, to a lesser degree, transactional leadership, has on stress-associated presenteeism.Contribution/value-add: Presenteeism lowers organisational performance even more than absenteeism does, and exists at huge cost to employees’ quality of work-life. This empirical study, the first to use valid, reliable questionnaires to investigate the relationship between transformational, transactional and laissez-faire leadership on the one hand, and JSRP on the other, suggests that transformational leadership development should be prioritised.

Leadership Style Toward Competitive Advantage Of Business Education

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-50
Author(s):  
Rovila El Maghviroh
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Transactional Leadership ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Business Education ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Administrative Staff ◽  
Transactional And Transformational Leadership

AbstractLeadership style used in a higher education institution affects the competence-based performance of the lecturers and the administrative staff. In turn, their performance will affect the institution performance. So, leadership style influences the institution toward strengthening its strategy to sustain. This study examined the transactional and transformational leadership styles toward the lecturers and the administrative staff of STIE Perbanas Surabaya. Transformational leadership was measured using ideal, inspirational, and intellectual stimuli; while transactional leadership was measured using exceptional management and contingency reward. The indicators used to measure the lecturers' performance were on teaching, module, research, civil services, IT, English; while for administrative staff were integrity, service, professionalism, learning, adaptation, documenting, English. The survey involved 32 lecturers and 31 administrative staff. The data was collected using questionnaire and was statistically analyzed using multiple regressions. The result was that transformational leadership significantly influenced both the lecturers and the administrative staff, while transactional leadership did not affect both the lecturers and the administrative staff. The implication was that the top management can set strategies of putting motivation of all organization members in the frame of improving their competence thus this will help the institution grow and sustain.

A Jordanian empirical study of the associations among transformational leadership, transactional leadership, knowledge sharing, job performance, and firm performance

2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 681-705 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ra'ed Masa'deh ◽  
Bader Yousef Obeidat ◽  
Ali Tarhini
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Job Performance ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Transactional Leadership ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Transformational And Transactional Leadership ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – Knowledge sharing adoption has been considered as a significant practice for organizations. However, there is a modest empirical confirmation to indicate how these organizations value the richness of their knowledge capabilities. The purpose of this paper is to investigate both transformational and transactional leadership styles that influence employees’ knowledge sharing practices, and the impact of the latter on job performance, and then on firm performance. Design/methodology/approach – Data collected from 179 employees at the higher council of youth in Jordan were empirically tested using structural equation modelling. Findings – The findings revealed that both transformational and transactional leadership styles have significant impact on job performance, and the latter on firm performance. Also, it was found that transactional leadership impacted knowledge sharing, whereas transformational leadership did not. Originality/value – This research proposes a new approach to understand knowledge sharing adoption, and outlines some theoretical and managerial implications of the findings.

scholarly journals The effects of leadership styles on employee performance: a case of a selected commercial bank in Botswana

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-50
Author(s):  
Ushe Makambe ◽  
◽  
Gaone Joy Motlatsi Moeng ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Commercial Bank ◽  
Transactional Leadership ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
The Body ◽  
Quantitative Methodology ◽  
Participative Leadership

Purpose: The leadership phenomenon is fundamental in providing employees with direction and emotional indulgence to derive maximum effort out of them. Therefore, it is vital that an organisation places uninhibited emphasis on the appropriate leadership style to enhance employee performance. Premised on the Collaborative Leadership Model, this paper sought to extricate the nexus between leadership style and employee performance at a selected bank in Botswana, focusing on the transactional, transformational, and participative leadership styles. Research methodology: The study adopted a positivist research paradigm coupled with a survey research design, while a quantitative methodology was used to collect data through a self-administered questionnaire. The study population comprised 433 employees from which a sample of 200 was randomly selected. Data was analysed through the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), culminating in statistical techniques such as factor analysis, regression analysis and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). Results: The results of the study revealed that there was a significant utilisation of the participative, transformational, and transactional leadership styles at the selected commercial bank. However, while the use of the participative and transactional leadership styles had a positive and significant influence on employee performance, the transformational leadership style’s effect was insignificant. Limitation: The study only used quantitative data from employees for analysis and did not include bank leaders’ opinions. Contribution: The study contributed to the expansion of the body of knowledge on leadership style and employee performance in the banking sector in Botswana and elsewhere and helped to unmask the shortcomings of some styles while exposing the power of others in reaping positive reinforcements leading to enhancement of employee performance. Keywords: Leadership, Leadership style, Employee performance, Participative leadership, Transformational leadership, Transactional leadership

scholarly journals Leadership style and job satisfaction: A developing economy perspective

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 390-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeevarathnam Parthasarathy Govender ◽  
Hari Lall Garbharran ◽  
Roland Loganathan
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Transactional Leadership ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire ◽  
Satisfaction Questionnaire ◽  
Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire ◽  
Multifactor Leadership ◽  
The Relationship

Research has suggested a relationship between leadership style and job satisfaction. This paper examines this relationship in the context of a developing country, viz., South Africa. The objective of the paper is to assess the relationship between the two variables as well as the influence of biographical variables on leadership style and job satisfaction. The survey was based on the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire and the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire. The results suggest a significant correlation between the three leadership styles, viz., transformational leadership, transactional leadership and laissez-faire leadership, and job satisfaction. There were no significant differences between the biographical variables and the three leadership styles.

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