Transformational leadership style: a boost or hindrance to team performance in IT sector

Purpose – A leader plays an important role in the growth of an organization. The leader is a person who influences the standards, structure, culture and behaviour of the individuals employed in the organization. A leader also has effects on the result and productivity of teams. The purpose of this p...

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Main Authors: Deepak Jaroliya, Rajni Gyanchandani
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Language:English
Published: Emerald Publishing 2022-02-01
Series:Vilakshan (XIMB Journal of Management)
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Online Access:https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/XJM-10-2020-0167/full/pdf?title=transformational-leadership-style-a-boost-or-hindrance-to-team-performance-in-it-sector
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description Purpose – A leader plays an important role in the growth of an organization. The leader is a person who influences the standards, structure, culture and behaviour of the individuals employed in the organization. A leader also has effects on the result and productivity of teams. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of transformational leadership style on team performance. This paper will also analyze the existence of a relationship between transformational leadership style and team performance. Design/methodology/approach – For this study, the researcher collected the data from 354 individuals employed in IT organizations in Pune. The team members answered questions asked about the transformational leadership style, and the team leaders answered questions related to team performance. The data has been analyzed using the latest available version of Statistical Product and Service Solutions. Findings – The results of this examination suggest that there is strong and positive relationship between the transformational leadership style and team performance. Further, it was also found that transformational leader helps in a great way in improving team performance which in turn increases the organization’s productivity. Research limitations/implications – Few limitations of this research work are that the data collected for this research work is non-cognitive in nature and simultaneously respondents may incline to evaluate the positive facets of opinion poll more propitiously than negative facets. Secondly, the data have been collected only from companies located in Pune. Practical implications – This research study provides empirical data that will be helpful for human resources department of an organization, as it can help them in the development of policies and practices. It will also provide help leaders to support employees who are seeking effective ways to support struggling employees in context to their team performance. Originality/value – The present study can be differentiated from past studies, as it thinks over an ensemble of transformational leadership style as an essential antecedent of team performance and also enhances the knowledge of the researchers and practitioners about the leadership style that upshot to the team performance. This will also help the managers, researchers, organizational development specialist and employees who are seeking effective ways to support struggling employees in context to their team performance.
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spelling doaj-art-8dc6d8242e8f4d3f84af94f3a09afa512025-08-20T02:56:33ZengEmerald PublishingVilakshan (XIMB Journal of Management)0973-19542022-02-011918710510.1108/XJM-10-2020-0167663278Transformational leadership style: a boost or hindrance to team performance in IT sectorDeepak Jaroliya0Rajni Gyanchandani1Prestige Institute of Management and Research, Indore, IndiaResearch Scholar, Prestige Institute of Management and Research, Indore, IndiaPurpose – A leader plays an important role in the growth of an organization. The leader is a person who influences the standards, structure, culture and behaviour of the individuals employed in the organization. A leader also has effects on the result and productivity of teams. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of transformational leadership style on team performance. This paper will also analyze the existence of a relationship between transformational leadership style and team performance. Design/methodology/approach – For this study, the researcher collected the data from 354 individuals employed in IT organizations in Pune. The team members answered questions asked about the transformational leadership style, and the team leaders answered questions related to team performance. The data has been analyzed using the latest available version of Statistical Product and Service Solutions. Findings – The results of this examination suggest that there is strong and positive relationship between the transformational leadership style and team performance. Further, it was also found that transformational leader helps in a great way in improving team performance which in turn increases the organization’s productivity. Research limitations/implications – Few limitations of this research work are that the data collected for this research work is non-cognitive in nature and simultaneously respondents may incline to evaluate the positive facets of opinion poll more propitiously than negative facets. Secondly, the data have been collected only from companies located in Pune. Practical implications – This research study provides empirical data that will be helpful for human resources department of an organization, as it can help them in the development of policies and practices. It will also provide help leaders to support employees who are seeking effective ways to support struggling employees in context to their team performance. Originality/value – The present study can be differentiated from past studies, as it thinks over an ensemble of transformational leadership style as an essential antecedent of team performance and also enhances the knowledge of the researchers and practitioners about the leadership style that upshot to the team performance. This will also help the managers, researchers, organizational development specialist and employees who are seeking effective ways to support struggling employees in context to their team performance.https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/XJM-10-2020-0167/full/pdf?title=transformational-leadership-style-a-boost-or-hindrance-to-team-performance-in-it-sectorteam performanceleadershipit sectortransformationalleadership style
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