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Transformational Leadership In Nigeria

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Leadership has been described in so many ways; as a social influence in which subordinates are encouraged to participate voluntarily to achieve organizational goals (Omolayo 2000). As a rational concept involving an influencing agent and the influenced (Eze 1995). It has also been described by (Nirenberg 2001) as the leader’s mutual interaction with his followers. In the view of Bamigboye (2000) leadership is a social influence over an individual or group of individuals.

Some authors describe leadership as the use of non-coercive means to move a group towards the same direction (Kotter 1988; Gardner 1990; Gerber, Nel and Van Dyk 1996; Akanwa 1997). In this regard, political leadership also describes the individuals involved in the management …show more content…

It could be argued that Nigeria’s political leadership which (Lawal, Imokhuede and Johnson (2012) attributed with corrupt and visionless leadership, can not be transformational. This is against the backdrop, that the Nigeria’s leadership perceived to be responsible for the country’s stunted development; and adjudged with a downward trajectory by The Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG), does not possess qualities of a transformational leadership. Thus a transformational leadership from the elements enumerated above, will entrench the tenets of good governance.

In determining the leadership style of the Nigerian political leadership, it is important to consider the three dimensions of transactional leadership style namely management-by-exception (active), management-by-exception (passive) and contingent rewards (Bass and Avolio 1995). Arguably each one of these elements of transactional leadership can be used to analyse Nigeria’s leadership’s ability to enhance good …show more content…

In another study indrianawati (2010), conducted to determine the impact of leadership on good governance in the university of East Jawa, Indonisia, concluded that transformational leadership strongly related to good governance.
There were studies that concluded that transformational leadership is superior to transactional leadership (Ristow, Amos and Staude 1999; Meyer and Botha 2000). In this study, Ristow et al. (1999) concluded on the superiority of transformational leadership to any other leadership style in a South African cricketing environment. Similarly, Yobe (2012) found in a Nigerian Courier Company, that there is a positive relationship between transformational leadership and employee

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