Transformational Leadership Style and Organizational Learning: The Mediate Effect of Organizational Culture

Elshanti, Mahmoud

doi:10.4172/2162-6359.1000483

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“…The findings suggest that transformational leadership has a significant effect on organizational learning capability in terms of four dimensions: idealized influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation and individualized consideration. These findings are consistent with those of previous studies (Radzi et al, 2013;Elshanti, 2017), and organizations with transformational leaders are thought to have a number of advantages. These leaders build relationships with employees to encourage them to work hard.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…The present results also indicate that intellectual stimulation and idealized influence are the most significant predictors of organizational learning capability in banks. This may be because managers and supervisors encourage employees to think creatively, stimulate them to find new ways of solving problems and inspire them to believe in their abilities and to deal with different situations and to learn (Elshanti, 2017).…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Many studies have examined the effects of transformational leadership on entrepreneurial orientation (e.g. Arham et al, 2015;Afsar et al, 2017;Dzomonda et al, 2017), but only a few have investigated the effect of transformational leadership on organizational learning capability (Imamoglu et al, 2015;Alsabbagh and Alkhalil, 2016;Elshanti, 2017), or of organizational learning capability on entrepreneurial orientation (Altinay et al, 2016;Vasconcelos et al, 2016). While these studies tested the reciprocal relationship between the two variables, the present study bridges a gap by examining the mediating role of organizational learning in how transformational leadership affects entrepreneurial orientation.…”

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confidence: 85%

“…With regard to intellectual stimulation, which has the highest effect on learning capability, it seems clear that learning requires change, which in turns requires transformational leadership. Through intellectual stimulation, leaders encourage employees to solve problems in new ways and stimulate them to find new and creative solutions, prompting behavioral changes to facilitate organizational learning, encouraging the development of mental models and supporting organizational learning (Ghorbanian et al, 2016;Elshanti, 2017). The findings for the last hypothesis indicate that individualized consideration has an effect on learning capability in banks.…”

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confidence: 99%

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The Effect of Transformational Leadership on Entrepreneurial Orientation: The Mediating Role of Organizational Learning Capability

Obeidat¹,

Nofal²,

Masa’deh³

2018

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This study aims to investigate the effect of transformational leadership on entrepreneurial orientation in Jordanian commercial banks, and whether organizational learning capability mediates the effect of transformational leadership on entrepreneurial orientation. Adopting a quantitative research design, data were collected by means of a questionnaire-based survey of employees in Jordanian commercial banks. Based on 330 usable responses, the results revealed the significant effect of transformational leadership and two of its dimensions (inspirational motivation and intellectual stimulation) on entrepreneurial orientation. Two other dimensions (idealized influence and individualized consideration) did not contribute to entrepreneurial orientation. Additionally, the results showed that transformational leadership has a significant effect on organizational learning capability, and that organizational learning capability in turn affects entrepreneurial orientation. The findings confirm that organizational learning capability fully mediates the effect of transformational leadership on entrepreneurial orientation. A number of recommendations are advanced, the most important of which is that banks should improve and develop managers' transformational attributes by training them on how to deal with employees in order to increase their entrepreneurial orientation. Banks should also consider improving their learning capability, as this plays a significant role in enhancing and supporting the effect of transformational leadership attributes on entrepreneurial orientation.

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2018

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“…Some researchers conclude that transactional leadership plays a significant role in determining organizational learning (Jansen, Vera, & Crossan, 2009;Vera & Crossan, 2004). Elshanti (2017) content that leadership styles (transformational leadership) has the most significant indicator in determining organizational learning and recommends that in the future there is a need to study transactional leadership also with organizational learning. Some of the prior studies show that whether the organizations have self-learning abilities, the leadership styles becomes a vital construct that has an influence on organizational learning (Garcia-Morales, Llorens-Montes, & Verdú-Jover, 2006; Gil, Rodrigo-Moya, & Morcillo-Bellido, 2018; Jiménez-Jiménez & Sanz-Valle, 2011).…”

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Mediating effect of innovative culture and organizational learning between leadership styles at third-order and organizational performance in Malaysian SMEs

2019

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The objective of this study is to see the mediating effect of innovative culture and organizational learning between leadership styles and organizational performance in Malaysian SMEs. Design/methodology/approach: Questionnaires were used to collect data from owners/managers and 950 questionnaires distributed by using postal and email strategy. Out of 950, only 409 questionnaires returned back, 25 questionnaires have missing values and eliminated from a sample, and only 384 questionnaires were used for final analysis. Findings: Findings reveal that leadership styles have a significant influence on organizational learning, innovative culture, and organizational performance. Innovative culture and organizational learning have a significant influence on organizational performance. Moreover, innovative culture and organizational learning significantly mediate between leadership styles and organizational performance. Practical implications: In practical term, the current study contributes for managers/ owners in SMEs to focus leadership styles with innovative culture and organizational learning in their decision making if they want to enhance their organizational performance. Research originality: This study is one of the pioneer studies that test leadership styles at third-order with the combination of two mediating variables innovative culture and organizational learning with organizational performance.

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The transformational leadership role in achieving organizational resilience through adaptive cultures: the case of Dubai service sector

Odeh

Obeidat

Jaradat

et al. 2021

IJPPM

120

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PurposeThis empirical research draws on the existing theory of transformational leadership, adaptive culture and organizational resilience, and investigates the effect of the elected TQM leadership style “transformational leadership” through the mediating effect of adaptive culture on organizational resilience, that is the key of survival during crises like the recent COVID-19 pandemic, which has severely impacted the business globally.Design/methodology/approachThis study exploited a cross-sectional online questionnaire of a random sample of Dubai service firms, with the unit of analysis being at the firm level. In total, 379 usable responses were received. Regression analysis was conducted to test hypotheses.FindingsThe overall findings of this study supported that transformational leadership is positively associated with both adaptive culture and firm's resilience and significantly impacts them. Adaptive culture was found partially mediating the effect of transformational leadership on organizational resilience.Practical implicationsThe research findings provide important insights to practitioners (managers and leaders) to better improve their transformational qualities, as these qualities are expected to improve the organizational adaptive cultures and capacity of resilience.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors' knowledge, this is one of the first studies to examine the transformational leadership effect on organizational adaptive culture and firm's resilience. This investigation expands the boundaries of leadership style theory into new arenas, attempting to partially address the identified knowledge gap in this vein.

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Transformational Leadership Style and Organizational Learning: The Mediate Effect of Organizational Culture

Cited by 7 publications

References 56 publications

The Effect of Transformational Leadership on Entrepreneurial Orientation: The Mediating Role of Organizational Learning Capability

The Effect of Transformational Leadership on Entrepreneurial Orientation: The Mediating Role of Organizational Learning Capability

Mediating effect of innovative culture and organizational learning between leadership styles at third-order and organizational performance in Malaysian SMEs

The transformational leadership role in achieving organizational resilience through adaptive cultures: the case of Dubai service sector

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