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The Influence Of Transformational Leadership

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The unpredictability of the business environment has resulted in organisations encountering numerous challenges and changes due to globalisation, technological development and intensive competition (Hanaysha, Khali, Sarassina, Rahman, & Zakaria, 2012). Organisations around the world are in search of leaders who can lead the organisation towards profitability and greatness (Chully & Sandhya, 2014). The leadership style adopted by an organisation plays a considerable role in the direction, future and success of an organisation (Chully & Sandhya, 2014). An effective leader who has the capability to optimise the organisation’s resources, motivate employees and manage their activities towards accomplishing an organisational goal is desired (Thamrin, …show more content…

Transformational leadership is positively associated with the performance of subordinates (Cavazotte, Moreno, & Bernardo, 2012). Transformational leaders can influence followers’ performance by (1) assisting subordinates to become aware of the importance of expected results; (2) asking subordinates to prioritize others over themselves; and (3) transforming subordinates’ level of needs (Thamrin, 2012). Bass and Avolio (1994) state that transformational leadership can motivate, influence individuals’ behaviours and attitudes, and improve performance. Transformational leaders focus on aligning followers’ desires and aims with that of the organisation and this fosters organisational commitment and motivates individuals to perform. Transformational leaders increase followers’ intrinsic value of performance and confidence which results in higher levels of motivation, equipping employees with the potential to perform beyond expectations (Burns, 1978; Cavazotte et al.,

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