The Impact of Leadership and Change in Organizations

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.