Transformational Leadership Style and Its Relationship with Organisational Performance in Nigerian Work Context: A Review

Abasilim, U. D.

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“…For a corporate to succeed, there should be commitment from the employees, good performed in terms of the firm meeting its objectives, job satisfaction for the staff, maximization of profits and satisfaction of the customers (Abasilim, 2014). Finding the best leaders in the present business environment is one of the issues that firms are experiencing.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Leadership is a persons' or a group of peoples' ability to guide and influence followers and other organizations' members. Leadership involves the establishment of a clear vision, sharing of that vision with followers, provision of methods and techniques for realizing a vision as well as coordination and balancing of conflict of interests of all members and stakeholders (Abasilim, 2014). Transactional and transformation leaderships are the two main types of leadership styles commonly used in today's organizations (ElKordy, 2013).…”

Section: Transformational Leadershipmentioning

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“…The most crucial elements of human resource management nowadays are thought to be training and counseling. This is mostly because they encourage people to work more which raise profitability and product quality (Abasilim, 2014). The best way to improve an organization's fortune is through its employees, who make up its core.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…As a result, the company frequently uses training and counseling to assist people in realizing their potential. There are many researchers that have shown that coaching and mentoring does influence employee performance (Erkutlu, 2008;Abasilim, 2014). In Jordan, Orabi (2016) assessed whether transformational leadership style influences organizational performance.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Transformation Leadership and Organizational Performance in the Aviation Industry: A Case of Kenya Airports Authority

Abwao¹,

Kimencu²

2023

jbmed

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Kenya Airports Authority has been experiencing poor performance in terms of decreased profits, reduced efficiency. The organization experienced a decrease in pre-profit tax and cargo throughput and an increase in operating expense in 2016. Therefore, despite changes in leadership and the adoption of transformational leadership, Kenya Airports Authority is still performing poorly. The researcher looked into effect of transformation leadership on Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) organizational performance. Specifically, researcher examined1how idealized1effect, inspirational1motivation, individualized1consideration and intellectual stimulation influences organizational1performance in Kenya Airports Authority. This study used path goal theory and transformational leadership theory. Descriptive1research1method1was deployed. The study’s population was1made of all 167 employees from 9 departments in the headquarters of Kenya Airports Authority. 50% of the study population was chosen by employing stratified1random1sampling which meant that the study’s sample was made of 84 staff. Primary data1was acquired by1employing semi-structured questionnaires. Moreover, content1validity1was facilitated by use of experts’ opinions known in the area of study but more importantly opinion of the research supervisors was sought. On the other hand, face1validity1of the study tool was facilitated1by1use1of pilot study and indefinite or unclear query was changed. Measuring of the research instrument internal consistency was employed to prove research tools’ reliability. The research tool led to the collection of quantitative and qualitative data. Inferential as well as descriptive statistics helped in quantitative data analysis. Further, assistance of SPSS version 21 was used. Descriptive1statistics included frequencies, standard1deviation, mean and percentages. The findings were given in figures and also tables. Qualitative data analysis was done with the assistance of thematic1content1analysis. The findings were given in1narrative form. The relationship that exists between depended variable and independent variable was determined using multiple regression as well as correlation analysis. According to the study, idealized1influence has1significant effect on the organizational1performance in Kenya1Airports Authority. In addition, individualized consideration has significant effect on organizational performance in KAA. Further, intellectual1stimulation has significant influence on organizational1performance in KAA. Additionally, inspirational1motivation has significant effect on organizational1performance in KAA. The study recommends that the management ought to encourage and support innovation and creativity among the employees since it facilitates problem solving, leads to better team work and bonding, increases staff morale, increases competitiveness and improves productivity. Moreover, the management ought to provide more incentive programs such as tuition reimbursement, and additional flexibility in work arrangements, retirement plans, sick leave, paid time off and disability leave among others which motivates the employees and demonstrates that the company values them. Additionally, the management should involve employees at all level of decision-making because it encourages high devotion among the workforce, increases employees’ morale and satisfaction who as a result perform at their best on an individual level.

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Section: Individualized Consideration and Organizational Performancementioning

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Section: Individualized Consideration and Organizational Performancementioning

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Transformation Leadership and Organizational Performance in the Aviation Industry: A Case of Kenya Airports Authority

Abwao¹,

Kimencu²

2023

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“…In Kenya, Karanja et al (2013) explore leadership styles' impact on teacher job satisfaction, highlighting the need for adaptability. Efficiency and effectiveness are crucial for organizational success, as Abasilim (2014) 2003), a response rate of 50% is considered adequate, 60% is good and above 70% is considered excellent. Hence the study's response rate of 80% was reasonable and considered adequate for analysis.…”

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Transformational Leadership Style and Organizational Performance in The Ministry Of Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development in Kenya.

Nyambura,

Kamau,

Nderitu

2023

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The effectiveness of Kenyan government ministries in delivering their mandates has long been a concern. This raises an issue with type of leadership approach that has always been adopted by these government ministries. A notable case, has been seen at the Ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development. It is foreseeable that in reality, competent management and leadership have determined successful or unsuccessful operations in many other agencies and organizations at large. The purpose of this study was to ascertain whether and to what degree democratic style of leadership affect performance of Ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development Government. This study looked at the effect of transformational leadership style on the performance of Ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development in Kenya. This study relied on transformational leadership theory, path goal theory, team leadership theory and leader member exchange theory frameworks. This study used a descriptive research approach and targeted 188 employees at the Ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development in the government of Kenya. Primary data was collected using structured questionnaires and thereafter analyzed descriptively using statistical packages for social sciences (SPSS) version 26. The findings from the study revealed that employee motivation had a significant positive effect on organizational performance of Ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development in Kenya. The study found that 36.7% in variation of performance was attributable to employee motivation. However, the study found that employee work commitment had a moderate negative significant effect on organizational performance of Ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development in Kenya. Lastly, the researcher found that employee creativity significantly and positively affected organizational performance of the Ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development in Kenya. the study found that 62.4% in variation of performance was aa a result of employee creativity. The therefore concluded that employee motivation and employee influenced organizational performance whereas employee work commitment negatively influenced organizational performance. The researcher therefore recommended that management and policy makers need to emphasize on the need for strategy and policy formulation that fosters creativity among employees for them to achieve better performance. Future research was recommended to be done on the effect of leadership attributes on sustainable performance of government ministries in Kenya.

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Leadership of Healthcare Teams, Organisations and Systems: Implications for Curriculum Revision in Medical Education

Balogun

2021

Contemporary Obstetrics and Gynecology for Developing Countries

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Transformational Leadership Style and Its Relationship with Organisational Performance in Nigerian Work Context: A Review

Cited by 8 publications

References 19 publications

Transformation Leadership and Organizational Performance in the Aviation Industry: A Case of Kenya Airports Authority

Transformation Leadership and Organizational Performance in the Aviation Industry: A Case of Kenya Airports Authority

Transformational Leadership Style and Organizational Performance in The Ministry Of Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development in Kenya.

Leadership of Healthcare Teams, Organisations and Systems: Implications for Curriculum Revision in Medical Education

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