The influence of transformational leadership on workplace relationships and job performance
- Keywords:
- transformational leadership, leader–member exchange, coworker relationships, task performance, organizational citizenship behavior
- Abstract
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Social-identity and social-exchange theory are employed to examine the role of leader-member relationships (LMX) and coworker relationships (CWR) in explaining the relationship between transformational leadership and task performance/organizational citizenship behavior. These relationships remain unclear in the current organizational literature. Survey data were collected from 1,040 teachers in 52 elementary schools in Taiwan. Results indicate that all 4 dimensions of transformational leadership have positive effects on LMX, whereas only individualized consideration and inspirational motivation positively affect CWR. It was also found that LMX is a more efficacious predictor of task performance than is CWR, whereas CWR, rather than LMX, is the better predictor of organizational citizenship behavior. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.
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- Published
- 2009-09-01
- Issue
- Volume 37, 2009, Issue 8
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- Articles
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