How does Leadership Motivate the Innovative Behaviors of Software Developers?

This study examines the relationship between transformational leadership types and the motivation of software engineers. The author uses full range leadership as a major theory and investigates how transformational leadership types influences the innovative behaviors of software developers by using a mediator of affective organizational commitment. For this, this study surveys 352 software developers working in 35 companies in Korea and analyzes the data using AMOS 24. The results show that charisma, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation and individualized consideration increase their affective organizational commitment affecting innovative behaviors positively in turn.

THE INFLUENCE OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP ON NURSE PERFORMANCE IN TUBERCULOSIS TREATMENT: A NARRATIVE REVIEW

Background: World Health Organization (WHO) has established a Directly Observed Treatment Short-Course (DOTS) strategy. Carrying out the DOTS strategy, the public health center is running the TB Prevention and Treatment program, in Indonesia it is called prevention and countermeasures of tuberculosis (P2TB) but in reality, the P2TB program has not been effectively implemented. Health workers who play an important role in carrying out their roles and duties in society are nurses. One of the efforts to improve the performance of nurses in TB treatment is the application of transformational leadership. The purpose of this literature review is to examine the results of the past 10 years of research related to the influence of transformational leadership on nurse performance in tuberculosis treatment. Design: This study design is a literature review to search and review article from database and theory underlying this study or guidance in this literature review using Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and PRISMA. Data Sources: The data base used in the article searches used include: Science Direct, PubMed, Google scholar, EBSCO using the keywords transformational leadership, nurse performance, tuberculosis treatment. The articles used are those between the years 2009-2019. Review Methods: The review method for this literature review using a narrative method by classifying the similar extracted data according to the research findings. Results: The main component of transformational leadership to improve The performance of nurses to play a more optimal role in an effective and efficient TB treatment effort is an idealized influence, which is that nurses have charismatic, in the fact that nurses in providing nursing care in the community must provide good paragons and become role models in the field of good health to individuals, families, groups and communities about how to live clean and healthy as behavior that can be imitated by the community, inspirational motivation for nurses as health teacher educators or health counselling which is a part of health promotion, the nurse's intellectual stimulation empowers communities to solve health problems in the community through small group discussions, and individual consideration, in this case the nurse's duty is as an advice provider and counseling is highly important and beneficial for the community. In order to achieve the fulfillment of the roles and responsibilities of nurses, there must be inner motivation among nurses in order that they can provide decent motivation to the community. Conclusion: Transformational leadership can be applied to improve the performance of nurses in TB treatment efforts.

ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENCES IN TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP BETWEEN GENERATIONS X AND Y AND THE EFFECT ON POWER PLANT COMPANY PERFORMANCE

This study analyzes the differences in transformational leadership between generation X and generation Y and its effect on company performance in two power generation companies in North Sumatra Province. The number of samples was 50 people in each group of generations X and Y. Data analysis using SPSS included F-test, T-test, the coefficient of determination, and independent sample T-test. The F-test shows that charismatic variables, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, and individual considerations simultaneously affect the performance of each group of generation X and generation Y. The results of the T-test in generation X show that the variables of inspirational motivation and individual considerations are partially has a positive and significant effect on company performance, meanwhile in generation Y only charismatic variables have a positive and significant influence on company performance. The results of the coefficient of determination said that the transformational leadership of generation X contributed 70.2% to the company performance, while the transformational leadership of the Y generation contributed 22.3% to the company performance. Independent sample T-test said that there was a significant difference between the transformational leadership of the generation X and generation Y.

Influence of Principals’ Intellectual Stimulation on Students’ Performance at Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education in Public Secondary Schools, Kenya

Transformational leadership is an ideal characteristic which enables the principals to engage with followers and raise consciousness about the significance of specific outcomes and new ways in which those outcomes might be achieved. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of principals’ intellectual stimulation on student academic performance in Kenya Certificate Secondary Examination (K.C.S.E) in Makueni County, Kenya. The objective that guided the study was to: assess how the principals’ intellectual stimulation influences students results at Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education. with the hypothesis that there is no relationship between principals’ intellectual stimulation with students’ mean scores at Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education Makueni County, Kenya. The study used transformational leadership theory by Burns (1978) which has four dimensions namely idealized influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation and individual consideration; all of which are critical in determining academic achievement. The conceptual framework of this study is based on the relationship between the principal transformational with academic performance. The sample comprised of 111 principals, 729 teachers and 12 Ministry of Education officials drawn from 388 secondary schools. Questionnaires and interview guide were used to collect data. Validation of the questionnaires were through test re-test method and use of expert judgment. The coefficient value was 0.85 at alpha = 0.05. Data was analysed using both descriptive Pearson’s correlation coefficient that test showed a strong correlation for Intellectual stimulation and KCSE students’ mean scores. The result indicated a negative and strong correlation between intellection stimulation and students’ KCSE performance (r=-.195, p-value<0.05) respectively. It was concluded that principals’ collective sense of mission and valuing ideas of the followers increased performance. The following recommendations were made: KEMI to carry out transformational leadership seminars for the principals on intellectual practices. The Ministry of Education Policy makers should establish policies on transformational leadership. Teacher trainers especially the universities ought to review curriculum to include analysis of school managers and also have simulated situations.

Teachers’ Leadership and Students’ Motivation to Learn English

<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Teacher leadership is a leadership attitude shown by the teachers involving idealized influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, and individualized consideration. This study is conducted to investigate the relationship between teacher leadership and students’ motivation to learn English. By knowing the association between these variables, English teachers will be able to strategize in conducting the learning process in class to motivate their students. If students are motivated in learning English, then their performance and achievement might increase too. The design of the study is correlational. The relationship is determined by correlating scores from two questionnaires given to the students. The result indicated that there is a positive moderate relationship between teacher leadership and students’ motivation in learning English. The correlation coefficient is 0.342. It means that the higher the degree of teachers’ leadership, the higher the students’ motivation. In contrast, when the teachers have low degree of leadership, the students will gradually lose their motivation. In conclusion, the result of this study has shown that there is a significant relation between teachers’ leadership and students’ motivation.</p><strong>Abstrak:</strong> Kepemimpinan seorang guru dalam melakukan pembelajaran di dalam kelas dapat dilihat melalui beberapa hal, yaitu <em>idealized influence</em>, <em>inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, </em>dan<em> individualized consideration</em>. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk menginvestigasi hubungan antara kepemimpinan guru dengan motivasi siswa dalam belajar Bahasa Inggris. Dengan mengetahui hubungan antar dua variabel ini, guru dapat mengatur strategi lebih baik dalam melakukan proses belajar di kelas. Hasil penelitian mengindikasikan adanya hubungan positif yang sedang antara kepemimpinan guru dengan motivasi siswa dalam belajar <strong>b</strong>ahasa Inggris. Koefisien korelasinya adalah 0.342. <strong>Hal i</strong>ni berarti semakin tinggi kualitas kepemimpinan guru, semakin baik pula motivasi siswa dalam mempelajari Bahasa Inggris. Begitu pula jika guru mempunyai kualitas kepemimpinan yang rendah, maka besar kemungkinan bahwa lambat laun siswa akan kehilangan motivasi dalam belajar Bahasa Inggris. Kesimpulannya, kepemimpinan guru mempunyai hubungan yang signifikan dengan motivasi siswa dalam belajar bahasa Inggris.

Effect of Idealised Influence, Inspirational Motivation, Intellectual Stimulation and Individualised Consideration on Service Sector Employees’ Performance in Karachi, Pakistan

Transformational leaders motivate their employees in such a way that employees start adopting the vision of the organisation as their own vision. Precisely research concerning relationship between transformational leadership and employee’s performance has been conducted by many researchers as well as in leading sectors and industries of Pakistan. However, there is a dearth of researches that investigates the effect of four dimensions of transformational leadership on employee’s performance in services sector. Therefore, this study was carried out to assess the relationship between transformational leadership and its four dimensions on the performance of employees considering services sector in Karachi, Pakistan. Snowball sampling was utilised and participants were selected among the service sector employees in Karachi, Pakistan. Hypotheses were tested by utilising Smart-PLS. The findings revealed that individualised consideration and idealised influence significantly contributes towards enhanced performance of employees. Contrary to expectation, intellectual stimulation and inspirational motivation was found to be not significant with employee performances’. It is suggested that management of service sector organisations’ should acknowledge the importance of the dimensions of transformational leadership on employees’ performance, which will eventually will lead to the achievement of the strategic goals and tasks defined by the service sector organisation.

The Role of Transformational Leadership on Employee Performance: A Perspective of Employee Empowerment

Critical literature review revealed that individualised consideration and intellectual stimulation factors of transformational leadership are the heart of employee empowerment. This study is important because there was little and discrete information on how individualised consideration and intellectual stimulation empower the performance of banking sector employees in the Dar es Salaam city. The study, therefore, examined the role of transformational leadership on employee performance based on employee empowerment perspective. A sample of 325 banking sector employees was surveyed using a self-administered structured questionnaire. Multiple linear regressions were employed to find the relationship between individualised consideration and intellectual stimulation with the performance of banking sector employees. A Statistical Package for Social Sciences was employed as an analytical tool for quantitative data. An in-depth interview was conducted to twelve employees who were selected by using the purposive sampling technique from twelve different banks. Thematic analysis was used to analyse qualitative data from in-depth interview to supplement the quantitative findings. The study revealed that individualised consideration and intellectual stimulation had a positive relationship with the performance of banking sector employees. That relationship was enhanced by effectively empowering employees and also fostering an environment that encourages learning, creativity and innovation. The study recommends that leaders in any bank’s section have to empower employees and foster the learning, creativity and innovation environment as the preconditions for enhanced employees’ performance. However, the study was done in the Dar es Salaam city and therefore limiting the generalisation of the results due to contextual differences in sub-Saharan countries. The study contributes to knowledge that individualised consideration and intellectual stimulation factors of transformational leadership are the heart of employee empowerment.

TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP SYSTEM OF PONDOK PESANTREN IN JAMBI CITY

The problems faced in Islamic boarding schools, transformative leadership patterns are one of the choices for Islamic boarding school leaders to lead and develop quality Islamic boarding schools. Transformative leadership has an emphasis on clear vision and mission statements, effective use of communication, intellectual stimulation, and personal attention to individual problems of members of the organization. The strategy carried out by Pondok Pesantren Sa'adatuddaren Jambi is the ability to set the direction that is the goal, define and implement a strategic plan to achieve the goal or mission, build a vision, build a common vision, translate the vision and mission into action, develop commitment to work performance, and implement the strategy in institutional operations. The research methodology used in this paper is descriptive qualitative, with data collection techniques using interviews, observation and documentation. Technique of data validity with data triangulation. Data analysis using Miles and Huberman.

The Impact of Transformational Leadership Factors on Public Service Innovation Outcomes: An Evidence from Bangladesh

The aim of this research is to examine the effect of the factors of Transformational leadership on public service innovation outcomes. Survey data collected from 500 innovation officers of field level administration of Bangladesh. Results from the multiple regression analysis using SPSS indicated that there was a positive impact of Idealized Influence, Inspirational Motivation, Intellectual Stimulation and Individualized Consideration on public service innovation outcomes. The finding also implies that the policy makers should build a strong strategy to put more concentration and heighten transformational leadership to enhance public service innovation outcomes.

Creating social entrepreneurship value for economic development

This study studies social entrepreneurial competencies, social values, and transformational leadership. They are a requirement during the COVID-19 pandemic. It arises to find out the effect of social entrepreneurship on social values and the influence of transformational leadership in memorizing the influence of social entrepreneurship on social values with a total of 200 respondents as social entrepreneurship leaders who have been announced in Indonesia. This study uses a quantitative method with a structural equation model (SEM) analysis tool in AMOS software. SEM analysis in this study uses the moderating SEM method with a mixed-methods approach. Data analysis has been carried out through data processing. The values obtained mean that higher social entrepreneurship will increase social value by 9.4%; if transformational leadership increases, a significance value of 0.85 is obtained. This value is greater than 0.05. It is proved that the role of social entrepreneurship fosters innovative abilities, proactive development, and the courage to take risks for the people in Indonesia and the impact of social values fosters social recognition, responsibility, and contribution to the economy with attitudes with potential transformational leadership behaviors as well as inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, and consideration of the community. AcknowledgmentsThe author appreciates the contribution of all co-authors in preparing the data set.