background in today's changing and uncertain environment, there is a need for transformational leaders. besides, due to lack of effective leaders in organizations, identifying factors influencing managers to act as transformational managers is very important. spirituality is one of the factors, which cause managers to act as transformational managers. objectives this study aimed to investigate ...

Bass and his colleagues initiated the empirical investigation of transformational and transactional leadership two decades ago. They proposed that transformational leadership is comprised of four dimensions, that transactional leadership is composed of three dimensions, and that an additional category of non-leadership exists (laissez-faire leadership). The Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire ...

the purpose of this study is evaluating the impact of organizational culture and leadership style on knowledge management considering the mediating role of technology acceptance. the hypotheses were tested against the data collected from a sample of 54 manufacturing companies in qazvin province, using the variance based structural equations modeling (partial least square technique) and path ana...

introduction: knowledge is a critical resource for organizations working in dynamically competitive environments. in any organization, leaders who have the power to incite and influence knowledge management processes. nevertheless, there is lack of empirical evidence from previous studies on examining this relationship. in view of this, the current study examined the relationship between transf...

BACKGROUND For the purpose of providing excellent patient care, residents need to be strong, effective leaders. The lack of clinical leadership is alarming given the detrimental effects on patient safety. The objective of the study was to assess whether a leadership training addressing transactional and transformational leadership enhances leadership skills in residents. METHODS A volunteer s...

This study aimed at empirically clarifying the similarities and differences between transformational, transactional, and charismatic leadership. More specifically, the convergent, divergent, and criterion validity of two instruments, the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ-5X) and the Conger and Kanungo Scales (CKS), was explored. It was found that transformational and charismatic leaders...