Role of Transformational Leaders as Change Agents: Leveraging Effects on Organizational Climate

Abstract

The present study examines the transformational role of leaders that impacts organizational climate with a view to draw on the deeper influences it carries on the culture of the organization. One hundred and thirty-nine participants took part in the study, answering Transformational Leadership Style and Organizational Climate Questionnaires. Leadership Style data earlier subjected to Principal Axis Factoring Technique with varimax rotation procedure yielding 6 factors were related to 5 organizational climate factors obtained in the present study. The findings revealed unequivocal influence of transformational leadership styles over organizational climate dimensions suggesting theoretically a manoeuvring capability of organizational climate with its backward influence over transformational leadership behaviour. Perhaps a more sophisticated design of research is needed to confirm latter’s backward influence over organizational leaders’ transformational role.

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