Transactional and Transformational Leadership Impacts on Organizational Learning

Škerlavaj, Miha

Transactional and Transformational Leadership Impacts on Organizational Learning

Journal of East European Management Studies, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 144-165, 2009

1 Pages Posted: 4 Apr 2010

Miha Škerlavaj

BI Norwegian Business School, Department of Leadership and Organisational Behaviour; University of Ljubljana - Faculty of Economics, Department of Management and Organization

Date Written: March, 30 2010

Abstract

This study empirically relates two important areas of management research: the full-range theory of leadership and the organizational learning process. Specifically, this contribution addresses three issues: (1) the impact of transformational leadership and (2) of transactional leadership on the organizational learning process and (3) whether the influence of transformational leadership is stronger than of a transactional type of leadership. The results show that transformational leadership has a strong impact on all four constructs of organizational learning. A direct impact is evident only regarding information acquisition and behavioural and cognitive changes.

Keywords: Transactional leadership, transformational leadership, organizational learning

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Skerlavaj, Miha, Transactional and Transformational Leadership Impacts on Organizational Learning (March, 30 2010). Journal of East European Management Studies, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 144-165, 2009. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1581252