The Impact of Leadership and Change in Organizations

This study aims to understand the different leadership roles and changes in organizations, examine the impact of leadership and change on organizations, assess the relation between leadership and organizational change, and suggest recommended actions to leaders for bringing forth modifications in organizational performance. The research questions include the different leadership roles and changes in organizations, the impact of leadership and change on organizations, the relation between leadership and organizational change, and recommended actions for organizational performance modifications. The study will analyze 15 key journal articles and gather data through primary qualitative interviews with managers and secondary sources such as journals, articles, and reports.

Proposal Summary
Student name(s):
Proposed topic including title
The Impact of leadership and Change in Organisations
One key research question including study aims:
Objectives of undertaking the study:
 To understand the different leadership roles and changes in organizations
 To examine the impact of leadership and change on organisations
 To assess the relation between Leadership and organizational change
 To suggest recommended actions to the leaders for bringing forth modifications in the
organizational performance
The research questions will be:
 What are the different the different leadership roles and changes in organizations?
 What is the impact of leadership and change on organisations?
 What is the relation between Leadership and organizational change?
 What recommended actions might be taken by the leaders for bringing forth modifications
in the organizational performance?
15 Key journal articles:
Holten, A.L. and Brenner, S.O., 2015. Leadership style and the process of organizational
change. Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 36(1), pp.2-16.
Saleem, H., 2015. The impact of leadership styles on job satisfaction and mediating role of perceived
organizational politics. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 172, pp.563-569.
Ghasabeh, M.S., Soosay, C. and Reaiche, C., 2015. The emerging role of transformational
leadership. The Journal of Developing Areas, 49(6), pp.459-467.
Kuipers, B.S., Higgs, M., Kickert, W., Tummers, L., Grandia, J. and Van der Voet, J., 2014. The
management of change in public organizations: A literature review. Public administration, 92(1),
pp.1-20.

Van der Voet, J., 2014. The effectiveness and specificity of change management in a public
organization: Transformational leadership and a bureaucratic organizational structure. European
Management Journal, 32(3), pp.373-382.
Van der Voet, J., Kuipers, B.S. and Groeneveld, S., 2016. Implementing change in public
organizations: The relationship between leadership and affective commitment to change in a public
sector context. Public Management Review, 18(6), pp.842-865.
Aarons, G.A., Ehrhart, M.G., Farahnak, L.R. and Hurlburt, M.S., 2015. Leadership and organizational
change for implementation (LOCI): a randomized mixed method pilot study of a leadership and
organization development intervention for evidence-based practice
implementation. Implementation Science, 10(1), p.11.
Moriano, J.A., Molero, F., Topa, G. and Mangin, J.P.L., 2014. The influence of transformational
leadership and organizational identification on intrapreneurship. International Entrepreneurship and
Management Journal, 10(1), pp.103-119.
Vakola, M., 2014. What's in there for me? Individual readiness to change and the perceived impact
of organizational change. Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 35(3), pp.195-209.
Long, C.S., Yusof, W.M.M., Kowang, T.O. and Heng, L.H., 2014. The impact of transformational
leadership style on job satisfaction. World Applied Sciences Journal, 29(1), pp.117-124.
Cockcroft, T., 2014. Police culture and transformational leadership: outlining the contours of a
troubled relationship. Policing: a journal of policy and practice, 8(1), pp.5-13.
Babalola, M.T., Stouten, J. and Euwema, M., 2016. Frequent change and turnover intention: The
moderating role of ethical leadership. Journal of Business Ethics, 134(2), pp.311-322.
Chughtai, A., Byrne, M. and Flood, B., 2015. Linking ethical leadership to employee well-being: The
role of trust in supervisor. Journal of Business Ethics, 128(3), pp.653-663.
Tyssen, A.K., Wald, A. and Heidenreich, S., 2014. Leadership in the context of temporary
organizations: A study on the effects of transactional and transformational leadership on followers’
commitment in projects. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 21(4), pp.376-393.
Klettner, A., Clarke, T. and Boersma, M., 2014. The governance of corporate sustainability: Empirical
insights into the development, leadership and implementation of responsible business
strategy. Journal of Business Ethics, 122(1), pp.145-165.
Sources of data
The data for the analysis will be gathered through primary qualitative interview with 5 managers.
The interview questionnaire will be created through a set of questions based on their leadership
style and its impact on the organizational change processes. The open- ended questionnaire will help
the researcher in identifying the viewpoints of the managers related to the impact of leadership
roles on organizational performance and changes. On the other hand, data will be retrieved through

assessment of different available secondary sources like journals, articles, government reports,
blogs, newsletters, online publications and industry reports. The assessment of data from the
different sources will support the research in maintaining the reliability and avoid biases for
culminating into the desired findings in accordance to the objectives of the study.
Type of analysis to be used
The axial coding will be utilized while analysing the core themes related to leadership,
organizational performance and change while undertaking qualitative assessment. The Axial
coding in Grounded Theory will support the researcher in implementing both inductive and
deductive exploratory mindset for enhancing the research study. On the other hand, the different
changes in the research paradigms are dependent on the assessment of the needs of the
organization and the manner in which it affects the modifications or performance.
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