How Does Transformational Leadership Style Effect on the Organizational Performance? The Case of Educational Institutions

Authors

  • Muhammad Hafeez Department of Education, Institute of Southern Punjab, Multan, Pakistan
  • Samikshya Bidari Institute for Excellence in Higher Education, Tohoku University, Japan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52461/sabas.v4i2.1514

Keywords:

Transformational Leadership, Effect, Organizational Performance, Educational Institutions

Abstract

Transformational leadership style can motivate and satisfy followers by helping and inspiring them in a friendly manner. A transformational leader has a clear vision about how to manage an educational institution to achieve the defined goals and objectives. He/she has the ability to create conducive learning environment for the teachers and students. A transformational leader has the skills and potentials to develop the learning community in an educational institution. A review of previous researches studies was done to conclude the previous researches that how does transformational leadership style effect of on the organizational performance in case of educational institutions. A total of 178 previous studies were selected by following the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The results of the review of researches studies indicated that transformational leadership style has a great impact on the performance of the educational institutions. The transformational leader can build a learning community by involving teachers, students and society by establishing a vision and creating conducive learning environment in an educational institution. Moreover, transformational leadership model is also discussed in this study.

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2022-12-31

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Hafeez, M., & Bidari, S. (2022). How Does Transformational Leadership Style Effect on the Organizational Performance? The Case of Educational Institutions. South Asian Review of Business and Administrative Studies (SABAS), 4(2), 113–128. https://doi.org/10.52461/sabas.v4i2.1514