Transformational Leadership

Transformational Leadership

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Abstract

Transformational leadership is defined as a leadership approach that causes change in individuals and social systems. In its ideal form, it creates valuable and positive change in the followers with the end goal of developing followers into leaders. Enacted in its authentic form, transformational leadership enhances the motivation, morale and performance of followers through a variety of mechanisms. These include connecting the follower's sense of identity and self to the mission and the collective identity of the organization; being a role model for followers that inspires them; challenging followers to take greater ownership for their work, and understanding the strengths and weaknesses of followers, so the leader can align followers with tasks that optimize their performance. Transformational leadership and organizational culture have become increasingly popular topics over the past 10 years. Some researchers have suggested that these topics contain the key to understanding organizational effectiveness (Bass & Avoilo, 1992).

The purpose of this study was to review the related literature between transformational leadership, organizational culture, and organizational effectiveness in many organizations. Transformational leaders are purported to inspire followers to contribute beyond expectation (Bass & Avoilo, 1992). These leaders provide followers with a focus and commensurate levels of support, involvement, and appreciation designed to encourage the follower to adopt the leader's vision as their own and be committed to making it a reality. This bibliography was put together using the key words “transformational leadership and “transformational change’ with a time frame within the last twenty years utilizing Google searches.

Annotated Bibliography

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