Transforming Leadership Literature Review

(Schyns Sanders 2005 . Unlike the Chen study , Schyns and Sanders ' study found no significant relationship between self-rated transformational leadership and occupational self-efficacy for women , although [they] did find a positive relationship for men . No interaction effect with respect to leaders ' occupational self-efficacy could be found between leaders gender and follower-rated transformational leadership (2005

The effectiveness of the transformational leadership had been studied not only in the business sector , but also in the arts . Boerner and von Streit investigated the degree to which the conductor 's transformational leadership style and a

cooperative climate in the orchestra favorably affect the orchestra 's artistic quality by surveying several musicians from 22 professional German symphony orchestras (2005 . Specifically the authors studied the assertion that the conductor 's transformational leadership style promotes the orchestra 's artistic quality only if there is a cooperative climate in the orchestra (Boerner von Streit 2005 Whereas Krishnan studied the effects of leader-member exchange transformational leadership , and perceived value system congruence between leader and follower on follower 's six upward influence strategies - assertiveness , bargaining , coalition , friendliness , higher authority , and reasoning by using a sample of 281 managers working in various organizations in India (2004

Majority of the researches done on transformational leadership focused on the effectiveness of transformational leadership , but Felfe ad Schyns pointed out that a little is known about similarity in the leadership behavior of leader and supervisor , and how this affects the outcomes of leadership (2004 , and both collaborated to correct this oversight . In their study , 213 supervisors from two public administration offices were asked to rate their own leadership behavior as well as their leaders behavior . Felfe and Schyns then examined the relationship between own self-rated transformational leadership and perceived transformational leadership of the direct superior , and analyzed the relationship between perceived similarity between subordinate and...