Leadership is an important aspect in an organization, and transformational leadership enhances the understanding of leadership in any organization. Transformational leadership is all about an encouragement by the leaders to the employees, to motivate and encourage them in all ways possible, so as to increase productivity. This is after a realization that organization is all about productivity, but unless leaders motivate employees who are a source of human powers, no productivity can be achieved (Choudhary et al., 2015).
Transformation leadership is also about a positive influence to the employees, and driving them to working beyond the agreement, as if they are working for their own organization. Well influenced employees work with determination and collaboration with other employees to ensure that the goal of the organization is met with the least time and resources possible. Even though transformational leadership may vary between countries, when well applied, it serves the same purpose towards the success of the organization (Choudhary et al., 2015).
Besides, transformation leaders can alter employee’s perception on job characteristic. This is because, transformational leaders employ servant leadership, focus on management goals, and focus on the behaviors of the employees, thereby motivating the employees to tackle any task at hand without necessarily focusing on job characteristics. When it comes to job motivation, employees can be motivated intrinsically and extrinsically, and this maintains the behaviors of the employees. Intrinsic motivation comes from inside the employees, probably due to a good relationship between them and their leaders and other factors such as job rotation and compensation. Extrinsic motivation comes from leaders and other employees, most probably due to giving an employee the kind of job that fits their profession as well as talents. In other words, this article employs the importance of leadership in every organization. Leadership entails guiding employees on what to do and at what time, and therefore, leaders should always be there to give directions and make informed decisions about organizations goals.
References
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Choudhary, N., Kumar, R. & Philip, P. J. (2015). LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS, ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR AND TASK PERFORMANCE: THE ROLE OF JOB CHARACTERISTICS AT THE WORK PLACE
