The Perception of Transformational Leadership and Demographic Characteristics: An Empirical Study of Indian Situation

Author(s): Dr. Neyaz Ahmad

Abstract:

The literature on leadership has stressed conducting empirical studies that investigate the impacts of gender, education, and experience on the different leadership styles. This study contributes to the study of transformational leadership and its perception in demographic characteristics- gender, education, and experience in Indian settings. The data is collected through an instrument called- the Indian Transformational Leadership Questionnaire (ITLQ), a modified version of MLQ. Both instruments are based on the same construct. The findings of the independent sample t-Test and ANOVA revealed that gender and experiences have a significant influence on transformational leadership. However, no significant difference was found among different age groups and transformational leadership. The study concludes that gender and experience are associated with transformational leadership but not with the ages of the participants.

Keywords: Transformational leadership, leadership styles, multifactor leadership questionnaire (MLQ), Indian transformational leadership questionnaire (ITLQ), demographic variables

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