Transformational leaders employ behavior that empowers followers and increases their motivation (Masi & Cooke, 2000). The purpose of this literature review is to explore the impact of the transformational leadership style on organizational outcomes and the personal outcomes of the follower. Transformational leaders voluntarily help their employees and prevent the occurrence of work-related problems (Berson and Avolio, 2004), which ultimately improves job satisfaction among employees (Scandura and Williams 2004; Nemanich …show more content…
This theory was developed by Burns (1978) and later enhanced by Bass (1985, 1998). The general idea of the transformational leadership theory is the leader’s power to motivate the follower to achieve more than what the follower premeditated to accomplish (Krishnan, 2005). Transformational leadership consumes of four components: idealized influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, and individualized consideration (Bass, 1985). Burns hypothesized that transformational leaders encourage followers to achieve more by focusing on the follower’s principles and helping the follower align these values with the ideals of the organization. Furthermore, Burns identified transformational leadership as a relationship in which the leader and the follower inspired each other to higher levels which resulted in value system similarity between the leader and the follower (Krishnan, …show more content…
Convenience sampling allows the researcher to draw a sample from the larger population, which is readily available and convenient (Bartlett, Kotrlik, & Higgins, 2001). Participants will be nurses in leadership or management positions. Surveys will be sent to Nursing Directors in California hospitals for completion. Nursing Directors will be sent a letter clarifying the study and requesting consent to contact Nurse managers for participation. Once permission is granted, the questionnaire along with an e-mail explaining the research and a statement of informed consent will be delivered electronically to potential participants. All instruments will be combined in Survey Monkey to create one. In order to maintain participant confidentiality, the questionnaires will automatically and electronically be returned via Survey Monkey