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Relation between Transformational vs Transactional Leadership Preference and Subordinates' Personality: An Exploratory Study
M. S. Singer,A. E. Singer +1 more
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In this paper, the authors explore the possible links between subordinates' personality traits and their preference for transformational vs transactional leadership style and find that the personality trait of conformity correlated significantly with intellectual stimulation, indicating that nonconformers prefer leaders who provide intellectual stimulation.Abstract:
The present study was designed to explore the possible links between subordinates' personality traits and their preference for transformational vs transactional leadership style. 87 undergraduate men were required to imagine an “ideal leader” in a work situation and then go through Bass' (1984) Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire, Form 4, to describe the behavior of this ideal leader. Subjects also completed the Affiliation, Achievement, and Succorance subscales of the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule as well as a conformity rating scale. Affiliation correlated significantly with charisma, individualised consideration, and the over-all transformational leadership measure. The personality trait of conformity also correlated significantly with intellectual stimulation, indicating that “nonconformers” prefer leaders who provide intellectual stimulation. There was also a tendency for high achievers to favor such leaders. None of the other ratings of subordinates' personality traits correlated significant...read more
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A Quantitative Review of Research on Charismatic Leadership
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Transformational School Leadership
TL;DR: Transformational leadership is a term which has appeared with increasing frequency in writings about education since the late 1980s as mentioned in this paper and has been used to signify an appropriate type of leadership for schools taking up the challenges of restructuring now well underway in most developed countries throughout the world.
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Personal Attributes as Predictors of Superiors' and Subordinates' Perceptions of Military Academy Leadership
TL;DR: In this article, the relationship between military academy leaders' personal attributes (e.g., traits, thinking styles) and others' ratings of transformational and transactional leadership was assessed. But the relevant predictors differed as a function of the positions of the individuals who rated leadership (i.e., superiors vs. subordinates of focal leaders).
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Situational Constraints on Transformational versus Transactional Leadership Behavior, Subordinates' Leadership Preference, and Satisfaction
Ming Singer,Alan E. Singer +1 more
TL;DR: The Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (Bass, 1985) was administered to police officers in New Zealand (Study 1) and to employees of three companies in Taiwan (Study 2) and results showed that siruational constraints affected actual leader behavior, as well as leadership preference scores as mentioned in this paper.
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Is Transformational Leadership Universal? A Meta-Analytical Investigation of Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire Means Across Cultures
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the effects of cultural values on reported levels of transformational leadership and found that higher cultural mastery and higher egalitarianism would be associated with greater transformational leaders.
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