List of Articles Transformational Leadership

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  1 - Investigating the Relationship between Transformational Leadership and Teachers' Creativity
  Alireza Youzbashi mohammad mirkamali ali karampour
  Background: the research suggests that the creativity is one of the most important factors influencing on organization success and is considered a competitive advantage. It is expected that creativity, as a competitive advantage, will be appeared under the shadow of tr More

  Background: the research suggests that the creativity is one of the most important factors influencing on organization success and is considered a competitive advantage. It is expected that creativity, as a competitive advantage, will be appeared under the shadow of transformational leadership. Goal: the main purpose of the current study was to investigate the relationship between transformational leadership and teachers ' creativity. Method: the research method was descriptive-correlative and the statistical population consisted of all primary education teachers in Darreshahr City which was 450 people based on latest reports, of which 135 person were randomly selected using Levey and Lemeshow (1999) formula. The necessary data were gathered using 1) Randsepp (1999) creativity questionnaire, and, 2) Bass and Avolio's (2000) transformational leadership questionnaire. The research questions were analyzed in descriptive and inferential level. Findings: the findings showed that there is a positive significant relationship between transformational leadership and its dimensions (intellectual stimulation, idealized influence, individualized consideration, inspirational motivation) with teachers’ creativity. Moreover, the results of stepwise regression indicated that among transformational leadership dimensions (predictive variables), intellectual stimulation and inspirational motivation can explain the variations of teachers’ creativity. Conclusion: it can be said that the more principals show transformational leadership behaviors, the more teachers’ creativity will be emerged, based on research findings Manuscript profile
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  2 - Business Intelligence Systems and Transformational Leadership in SMEs
  Fereshte Soltani
  10.7508/jstpi.2015.01.003
  In order to survive in active and changing business environment, organizations should provide vital information for the managers by using new methods in a very short time. As Small and Medium Enterprises are the heart of economy; there’s no doubt in the importance of sm More

  In order to survive in active and changing business environment, organizations should provide vital information for the managers by using new methods in a very short time. As Small and Medium Enterprises are the heart of economy; there’s no doubt in the importance of small and medium industries’ role in countries’ economic development so they need to use this new methods and systems. By using new technologies, SMEs are able to apply new processes like supply chain management, customer relationship management, and knowledge management. Business intelligence as a new concept could integrate the scattered and heterogeneous organizational data and by using business intelligence systems, SME's would be able to provide multi-dimensional analytical reports for their managers to make correct decisions. In addition to above systems, a powerful, committed and adaptive leadership method could provide the basis for effective utilization of the business intelligence systems. In this article, first we introduce Business Intelligence and Transformational leadership, and then we will investigate the importance of business intelligence systems usage and the role of transformational management in SMEs. Manuscript profile
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  3 - The impact of meeting employees’ high-order needs and adaptive culture On transformational leadership-organizational innovation relationship (Case study of high-tech private companies)
    برزو  فرهی بوزنجانی سیدمهدی  حسینی سرخوش جمال  حاجی شفیعی
  To gain strategic advantage, pioneering organizations capitalize on the practice of innovation in an Ever increasing trend. Among all possible ways and means for achieving innovation, Transformational style of leadership has attracted the attention of many scholars an More

  To gain strategic advantage, pioneering organizations capitalize on the practice of innovation in an Ever increasing trend. Among all possible ways and means for achieving innovation, Transformational style of leadership has attracted the attention of many scholars and Practitioners. From this perspective, the current article attempts to investigate the direct impact Transformational leadership style on innovation as compared with the indirect effects of the Variable through mediation of adaptive culture and meeting high-order needs of employees Within the context of some Tehran-based high-tech private companies. Based on the output Of Structural Equation Modeling technique, results indicate that transformational style of Leadership lacks any direct effect on innovation in target population, while the indirect effects Of the variable through mediation of adaptive culture and meeting high-order needs of employees Turn to be significant. Manuscript profile
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  4 - The effect of transformational leadership on organizational culture
  fakhrieh Hamidianpour
  New developments in leadership theory, the theory of charismatic leadership, the leader assumes the unusual creatures and followers dependent on leadership knew the transformative theories and new charismatic attention to the development and empowerment of followers for More

  New developments in leadership theory, the theory of charismatic leadership, the leader assumes the unusual creatures and followers dependent on leadership knew the transformative theories and new charismatic attention to the development and empowerment of followers for independent performance will be transferred. The population includes all employees of bright sunshine Persian food is the equivalent of 70 people. This research is the purpose of the survey. To determine the reliability of questionnaires, Cronbach's alpha coefficient and to determine validity, content validity was used. The results are as follows: between transformational leadership style and organizational culture employees Gulf sun shining there is a significant relationship. Manuscript profile
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  5 - The Effects of Cultural Intelligence and Transformational Leadership Style of Managers on Employee Resistance to Change
  Fakhriyeh Hamidianpour Majid Esmaeilpour razie zarei
  Abstract Background: One of the most important challenges faced by organizations is the environmental factors’ change and increasing global competitions. In response to this challenge, it should be noted that change management is a difficult task. Most of organizationa More

  Abstract Background: One of the most important challenges faced by organizations is the environmental factors’ change and increasing global competitions. In response to this challenge, it should be noted that change management is a difficult task. Most of organizational changes fail. Lack of personnel’s agreement with the change and their resistance are among the most important factors that cause the failure of organizational change. Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of two factors of cultural intelligence of managers and transformational leadership style on employees' resistance to change. Methodology: The population of this research includes managers and employees of Jam Petrochemical Company (Iran). The sample consisted of 260 employees and 60 managers of various units of the company. Data were collected using the tool of questionnaire. To analyze the data SMART PLS structural equation modeling software was used. Results: The findings of this study show that cultural intelligence of managers both directly and through transformational leadership style has a positive and significant impact on the resistance to change and also the transformational leadership style has a positive and significant impact on the resistance to change. Manuscript profile
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  6 - Transformational Leadership and Development of Marketing Capabilities: Explaining the Mediating Role of Strategic Orientations of Market and Entrepreneurship Orientation
  iman hakimi
  Strategic orientations are considered as a combination of resources, behavioral patterns, and value points of a company in the market to provide products and services tailored to the market. On the other h&, the need for continuous organizational change in a dynamic and More

  Strategic orientations are considered as a combination of resources, behavioral patterns, and value points of a company in the market to provide products and services tailored to the market. On the other h&, the need for continuous organizational change in a dynamic and changing environment today is the presence of transformational leaders. Due to the increasing attention given to leadership in creating change and organizational performance around the world, this study tries to examine the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational performance by mediating the strategic orientations of entrepreneurship and market orientation, from the perspective of senior executives of small & medium enterprises In the food industry of Kerman Province in the first six months of 2017. The data gathering tool was questionnaire & data analysis was done by using LISREL and PLS softwares. The results show that transformational leadership has significant effect on both market and entrepreneurial tendencies; but evidence suggests a lack of support for the mediating role of market orientation in the relationship between transformational leadership & marketing capabilities; and confirming the indirect impact of transformational leadership on developing marketing capabilities & performance improvement merely through the entrepreneurship orientation in our studied businesses. Manuscript profile
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  7 - A Survey of the Relationship between Transformational- Transactional Leadership Style and Organizational Silence/Voice: A Meta-Analysis Approach
  zahra SadeqiArani mahmoud pourbaferani fatemeh  namian zahra hoseinpour
  Improvement in today's organizations requires the empowerment and optimal use of the organization's human resources knowledge, skills opinions and ideas. Various organizational factors can cause non-hearing (silence) or hearing (voice) opinions of employees. One of the More

  Improvement in today's organizations requires the empowerment and optimal use of the organization's human resources knowledge, skills opinions and ideas. Various organizational factors can cause non-hearing (silence) or hearing (voice) opinions of employees. One of the key factors affecting organizational silence or voice is leadership style. The Researches that to survey the impact of organization's leadership style on organizational silence or voice was scattered and do not offer comprehensive result. Accordingly, the present study aimed at meta-analysis of research on the impact of transformational- transactional leadership style on organizational silence or organizational voice. The results of this study indicate that at 95% confidence level, the effect size of transformational leadership style with organizational voice is 0.442 and the effect size of transformational leadership style and transactional leadership style with organizational silence are 0.440 (reversed) and 0.460 (direct), respectively. In other words, Transformational leadership style is driving organizational voice and organizations can have active employees and benefit from their ideas by shift their leadership style from transactional leadership to transformational leadership. Manuscript profile
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  8 - The Mediator Role of Managers' Trustworthiness in the Relationship between Transformational Leadership Style and Justice Perception of Employees (Case study: Mashhad Electric Energy Distribution Company; MEEDC)
  Mohamad Reza  Raecy Sepide Eskandari
  The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between transformational leadership style and justice perception of employees with considering the mediator role of managers' trustworthiness in a semi- governmental company. The data was collected through three k More

  The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between transformational leadership style and justice perception of employees with considering the mediator role of managers' trustworthiness in a semi- governmental company. The data was collected through three kinds of questionnaires; transformational leadership (Bass& Avolio,1999), justice perception (Collquitt,2001) and trustworthiness (Maior& Davis,1999), in total 127 employees participated in this study. Findings indicate that transformational leadership was positively related to justice perception, managers' trustworthiness was positively related to both transformational leadership and justice perception beside managers' trustworthiness mediating the relationship between transformational leadership and justice perception. Manuscript profile
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  9 - The effect of Succession Planning on the Transfer of Knowledge in Higher Education with the Mediating Role of Transformational Leadership (Case Study: Kharazmi University)
  Ayat Saadat Talab
  The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of succession planning on the knowledge transfer in higher education with the mediating role of transformational leadership. The research method was descriptive correlational. The statistical population of this More

  The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of succession planning on the knowledge transfer in higher education with the mediating role of transformational leadership. The research method was descriptive correlational. The statistical population of this study included all administrators (200 people) of Kharazmi University were selected by convenience sampling method. For data collection were used the three Questionnaire of succession planning (Kim, 2006), Bass & Avolio (2004) transformational leadership, and knowledge transfer (Nonaka & Takeuchi, 1995). Data analysis was done by using structural equation modeling in AMOS And Spss-22 software. The results of structural equation modeling showed that the conceptual model of research with experimental data fits well and transformational leadership plays the role of a complete mediator in the relationship between succession planning and knowledge transfer. Accordingly, the variable relationship between succession planning and knowledge transfer through transformational leadership was confirmed in the form of path analysis. Thus, the variable of transformational leadership showed a facilitating role in the relationship between and succession planning and knowledge transfer. Also, the leading variable of succession planning had a direct and positive effect on the knowledge transfer. Based on the results of the research, it can be concluded that university administrators can provide a good platform By establishing a succession planning system in universities and higher education institutions, for institutionalizing knowledge transfer inside and outside the university. In the current competitive environment, university administrators will achieve the lofty goals and missions of the university by cultivating knowledgeable managers, and thus ensure the growth, development and competitive advantage of the university Manuscript profile
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  10 - Investigating the Relationship between of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) with Transformational Leadership Style in Talent Management Process of National Iranian Oil Company
  دکتر مجید سلیمی Mohammad Montakhab Yeganeh
  Understanding and managing the unique talent, capability and characteristics of leaders who guide employees to achieve organizational goals is so important; because the leadership style they adopt is based on their personal preferences and characteristics. The purpose o More

  Understanding and managing the unique talent, capability and characteristics of leaders who guide employees to achieve organizational goals is so important; because the leadership style they adopt is based on their personal preferences and characteristics. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between Myers-Briggs type indicator (MBTI) and transformational leadership style. The sample of this study was selected through simple random sampling from all the managers of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) who participated in the talent management process in the assessment center, between 2011 and 2019, and finally, 1045 people were selected as the sample. The research method was descriptive and correlational and Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) scores were used with transformational leadership scores in interview process and game group process for perform the required analyzes. Cronbach's alpha method were used to evaluate the reliability of instruments. Findings showed that Myers-Briggs types indicator had a significant relationship with transformational leadership style so that the more extroversion, thinking and intuitive scores, the higher the leadership score. As result can help to select, choose and training transformational leaders by identifying personality preferences and types. Manuscript profile
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  11 - Causal model of increasing the educational productivity of faculty members and teachers of technical and vocational universities based on transformational leadership
  امیرحسین  تات
  The purpose of this study was to provide a causal model to increase the educational productivity of faculty members and teachers of technical and vocational universities based on transformational leadership. Correlation research method and based on the assumptions of More

  The purpose of this study was to provide a causal model to increase the educational productivity of faculty members and teachers of technical and vocational universities based on transformational leadership. Correlation research method and based on the assumptions of structural equation modeling, the statistical sample included faculty members and lecturers of the Technical and Vocational University who according to the table of Stefan Olgenik quoted by Nasr et al. 2007, with low effect size and statistical power 5 0. 212 people were selected who answered the three questionnaires of transformational leadership of Bass and Avolio (1), psychoanalytic empowerment of Vatan and Cameron (1) and Bazargan educational productivity (2013). The results showed that the predictive variables of transformational leadership predict the variable of educational productivity, transformational leadership and educational productivity of the research model in which the predictive variables of transformational leadership in terms of fit with the data of both groups of men and women. It is the same. Manuscript profile