The Influence of Gender and Culture on Transformational and Transactional Leadership Style

The aim of this study is to investigate the different leadership styles of the workers and the influence of gender and culture on the leadership styles of the workers in Faculty of Technical and Vocational Education (FPTV), Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM). These studies concentrate on two leadership styles which are transformational leadership and transactional leadership. Transformational leadership and transactional leadership styles have attracted the interest of many researchers in recent time. While some believe that they are the same, others believe they are different. This paper gives an introductory perspective into the difference between transformational and transactional leadership in context of the influence of culture on leadership style in FPTV. Selected sample consist of 123 staff from all department in FPTV. In order to implement this study, questionnaire has been used to collect data from respondent. The raw data obtained was analyzed quantitatively by SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science) version 20.0. The data was analyzed using descriptive analysis and scoring. The study found that in FPTV, the leader is prone to be more transformational than transactional. Although they are conceptually different, some elements of transactional leadership exist in transformational leadership. It also shows that there is no gender influence upon leadership styles. In contrast, culture exerts a little more impact on leadership style in FPTV.