African Journal of
Business Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Bus. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1993-8233
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJBM
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 4194

Full Length Research Paper

Comparing transformational leadership in successful and unsuccessful companies

  Gholamreza Jandaghi, Hasan Zarei Matin and Ali Farjami        
Faculty of Management, University of Tehran, Qom Campus, Tehran, Iran.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 15 June 2009
  •  Published: 31 July 2009

Abstract

 

In this article, while it is attempted to describe the problem and its importance, transformational leadership is studied by considering leadership theories. Issues such as the definition of transformational leadership and its aspects are compared on the basis of the ideas of various connoisseurs and then it (transformational leadership) is examined in successful and unsuccessful companies. According to the methodology, the method of research, hypotheses, population and statistical sample are investigated and research findings are analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistical methods in the framework of analytical tables. Finally, our conclusion is provided by considering the results of statistical tests. The final result shows that transformational leadership is significantly higher in successful companies than unsuccessful ones P<0.0001).

 

Key words: Idealized influence, individualized considerations, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, transformational leadership, Iran.