Meta-analysis of Transformational School Leadership Effects on School Outcomes in Taiwan and the USA

During the last three decades, there has been a growing body of research dealing with transformational leadership. Initially outlined by Burns in his book of 1978, the theory of transformational leadership was reconceptualized and developed by Bass. Bass views transformational leadership as an expansion of traditional leadership that goes beyond simple exchange rewards and promises of reward for effort (Bass, 1985). Rather than focusing just on the leader or on the follower, transformational leadership examines the relationship between leader and follower and considers that by engaging the higher needs of the followers, instead of merely working for the greater good, the followers become