A Detailed Analysis of Transformational and Change Leadership Styles

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of transformational and change leadership styles, exploring their effects on employee commitment and organizational change. It examines the theoretical underpinnings of both leadership approaches, highlighting the role of leadership in driving organizational objectives, plans, and strategies. The report also discusses various leadership styles and their impact on responding to change, emphasizing the importance of collaboration in change processes. Furthermore, it outlines the data collection methods and findings from a journal article, providing insights into organizational design and responsiveness to customer and market conditions. The analysis includes a review of related literature, offering a detailed perspective on how transformational and change leadership can be effectively implemented to enhance organizational performance and achieve business objectives.

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Table of Contents
Title: The Effects of Transformational and Change Leadership on Employees’ Commitment to a
Change: A Multilevel Study............................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Purpose of the study.....................................................................................................................3
Research question and hypotheses...............................................................................................4
Definition of terms.......................................................................................................................4
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................4
Background and review of related literature 1664..........................................................................4
Theory..........................................................................................................................................4
Procedures........................................................................................................................................8
Description of the research design...............................................................................................8
Description of the sample............................................................................................................9
Description of the instruments used............................................................................................9
Explanation of the procedures followed......................................................................................9
Discussion of internal validity...................................................................................................10
Discussion of external validity..................................................................................................10
Description and justification of the statistical techniques or other methods of analysis used...10
Findings.........................................................................................................................................10
Summary and conclusions.............................................................................................................11
Brief summary of the research question being investigated, the procedures employed, and the
results obtained..........................................................................................................................11
Discussion of the implication of the findings -- their meaning and significance......................11
Limitations -- unresolved problems and limitations..................................................................11
Suggestions for further research................................................................................................11
References......................................................................................................................................12
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Title: The Effects of Transformational and Change Leadership on Employees’
Commitment to a Change: A Multilevel Study.
INTRODUCTION
Leadership is the ability to influence an individual towards achievement of their goals
and objectives. Various organisation are using this leadership behaviour in order to develop their
employees working behaviour and increasing their efficiency as well. Many of the company are
seeing continuous change in business environment,. Change can be relating with change in
leaderships style, implementation of new and updates technologies or mergers and acquisition.
By adopting this change, employees feel more motivated and works towards achievement of
goals and objectives. The leadership role in an organisation helps in implementing some of the
changes and resulting and managing successful changes. There are about two types of
leaderships styles which can be used in an organisation to enhance employees and also to
commit a change in an organisation an also in workers efficiency as well. These two styles are
transformation leadership style and change leaderships style. Transformational leaderships style
is regarded as interaction making effective relationship between employees and leaders due to
some interactions. On the other hand, change leaderships style is referring to here and now and it
mainly focus on how a leaders is changing while handling their situations of employees working
in an environment. This report includes research question and purpose of study. Then it consist
of secondary research in context with both of the leaderships style. It consist of findings and
summary of a given findings or a literature at last.
Purpose of the study
The purpose of this study is to get information about a effects of both transformational
and leaderships style in an organisation or on employees commitment to change. Because
commitment to change is been find as a important feature of behaviour in order to support
change in an organisation. This information helps the researcher in enhancing of their skills and
knowledge. Some of the skills like communication and decision making skills. This research
study will focus on development of researcher and this will helps them in personal and
professional research. While conducting this research, the researcher will be able to enhance
their creativity skills and research skills as well. In this particular research, investigator is using
secondary research to collect data and information in most effective manner.
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Research question and hypotheses
 What is the effects of transformational and change leadership on employees commitment
to a change?
Definition of terms
The terms which is being used in this given report are Transformational leaderships style
and Change leaderships style.
Transformational leaderships style: Transformational leaderships style is the style
which is being used in an organisation making good relationship with leaders and employees.
This style is more organisation and strategic orientated and leaders will be engaging with
transformational behaviour. Further, this is used to encourage employees in most effective
manner so that employees work towards achievement of goals and objectives of organisation.
Change leaderships style: Change leadership’s style is “here and now”. It mainly focus
on creating specific change in an organisation for handling various situations. This includes
engagement of behaviours in which goal is to effectively implementing the change.
MAIN BODY
Background and review of related literature 1664
Theory
Leaderships style are used in an organisation for enhancing employees towards
achievement of their goals and objectives. This helps leaders in interacting better and well with
the employees ad motive them towards achievement of goals and objectives. There are mainly
two types of leadership’s styles that is Transformational leadership style and Change leaderships
style. There are various approaches to leadership and in this manner managers and leaders are
executing their roles in most effective manner (Faupel and Süß, 2019). This is being examined
that charismatic or transformational leadership are two different concept which can be used by an
organisation in order to develop their ways and to acquire well being of the organisation as well.
Leadership approaches are having positive impact over adopting of changes and in this manner
overall benefits can be enjoyed by the organisation in terms of profitability and sustainability.
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Situational leadership style is associated with inhaling of changes so that time of changes can be
seen by the organisation in a very positive aspect so that easy transformational processes can be
seen. Situational leadership style adopts various changes and modifications within the
organisation so that the same processes can be used for developing the organisation in such a
manner that change can be acquired within the organisation in such an effective manner. This
leadership approach is specifying changes and transformation within organisation and these are
regarded as the reasons in which leaders are requisite to work with utmost efficiency.
Role of leadership is associated with generating such behaviour in which entire
organisation get an impact over organisational functions and execution as well. These are the
approaches which are lesser concerned regarding stability and cross-situational leadership
instead they are focused over analysing changes within the organisation so that inputs can be
managed in such a way that the same can be supported by using various measures of leadership.
Individual behaviour is having broader sense in which theories of business can be exerted. There
are various perspective linked with leadership and business functions as well (Yang, 2016). This
leadership style is focused over providing such aspects to leader in which they can manage
varied situations. In this manner situation of contingency can be managed and at the same time
linkage can be established within change-specific manner.
This is being analysed that there are differential situations when a leader is required to
work in appropriate and significant manner. Contingency leadership is one example for all as this
leadership style as this leadership style is related with developing change specific problem in
such a manner that solutions can be taken out. There is high linkage between support and
business working and this is being examined that using appropriate leadership style will lead into
developing business objectives in prominent manner (Osborne and Hammoud, 2017). On the
other hand transformational leadership styles are regarded as such style in which significant
results can be given by the leaders in terms of profitability and appropriateness. The efforts
within an organisation are rooted in the direction of organisational change and these are the
aspects which are required to be followed by leaders during their tenure. Change related
behaviours are required to be undertaken by leaders so that they can take initiative related with
gaining higher efficiency from employees. Transformational leadership styles are one of the
most interactive leadership style in which particular changes can be exhibited. Changes are
associated with dealing with individual behaviour and building of collision is one of the linkage
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of business success as well. Sense of urgency is regarded as significant tool which is used by
leader so that particular changes can be inhaled within an organisation. Employee commitments
are helpful for an organisation to gain success and to develop appropriate insight within business
and organisation objectives as well. Job satisfaction is other constraint which can be attained by
an individual when they develop change initiatives. There are significant attempt which can be
seen within organisation so that values and ethics can be inhaled within organisation.
Organisational changes are one of the prominent aspect which is seen within the organisation so
that to develop theoretical rational. In this manner in order to gain higher edge success over
creativity and responses change initiatives are acquired by the organisation in order to gain
benefits of leadership and to attain organisational vision as well.
Change commitments are defined as such deal of attention in which important outcomes
are taken out by the organisation. Commitments are having higher impact over change
management and organisational success. In the context of change, commitments are playing
significant role in order to develop and to support intentions of individual so that every
managerial aspects can be executed in successful manner. Besides this commitments are
representing favourable disposition towards gaining organisational objectives in most efficient
manner. Commitments are providing positive aspects in relation to attain tasks in timely manner
and in the same manner transformational leadership is setting up distinct edge within the
organisation so that on the behalf of whole the organisation may get to know regarding such
aspects related with furthermore success (Fiaz and Saqib, 2017). This research paper is
demonstrating positive relationship between reasonable assumptions and its relation with
organisational expectations. This is being analysed that organisational change is having higher
impact over organisational performance and this is a clear factor in which leaders are able to
manage such situations which are contingent in nature.
Transformational leadership style is helpful in taking of follow ups and in this manner
leaders try to manage across situations by which change perception can be exerted in such
significant manner. Leadership is one of the significant movement in which support can be seen
by an individual and these are the reasons in which visions can be undertaken by the
organisation. Change leadership is defined as such confronting situation which is needed by an
individual and organisation as well. Participative leadership styles are significantly used within
the organisation and helps the individual to associate their thoughts in decision making so that
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various behaviours can be inhaled within the organisation and at the same time people can be
influenced to develop change as well (Spano-Szekely and et. al., 2016). Change leadership is
wholly linked with processing of change within the organisation so that higher emphasis over
changes within the organisation so that in significant manner various strategies can be
undertaken.
Change process is related with implementing ways within the organisation in which
leaders tries to convey various aspects related with gaining of higher amount of success. There
are various aspects which are associated with taking such perspectives in which different
conceptualised approaches are seen in the business so that in the same manner positive changes
can be seen in the business. There is considerable amount of perceptions are seen within
organisation in which differential elements are acquired by the organisation and leaders are
required to inhale such aspects of change management so that organisational commitments can
be acquired by the organisation so that to develop and attain business objectives. Leaders are
expected to render appropriate transformational leadership style so that they can inculcate their
subordinates in decision making process so that different labels can be examined within
workplace (Asif and et. al., 2019). Transformational leaders are having stronger identification
with leaders in which future perspectives can be seen in long term.
Leaders are associated with effective communicative vision which are helping the
individual to develop their own behaviour so that to commence changes and associate long term
vision as well. Communication is helpful within research to acquire such benefits in which
behaviour of individual can be examined and settled as well. Change management is a sensitive
approach which is helpful in expecting such things in which an individual get to know about
their well-being aspects and concept of determination as well. Leaders those are trying to exhibit
transformational leadership style then they may get easy assistance in communicating to their
subordinates and other party as well (Hetland and et. al., 2018). Needs of an individual are
required to be examined as this will lead into providing benefits as in terms of attitude
enhancement and well being as well. Change leadership is providing moderate changes within an
organisation and in this manner leadership acts as catalyst for meeting organisational objectives.
The impact of change management is seen with personal benefits as well. The demand
for adoption of such management style in which changes can be affected within commitment.
The leadership style is significantly providing change management approaches in which
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individual are trying to get such dimensions within their workplace in which more disruptive
aspects can be examined. When changes are adopted within the organisation the this will tend to
minimise work load, demand adaptation and many more. Changes are seen within organisation
so that in the same manner negative impact from the organisation can be minimised and at the
same time individual perception can also be examined. Assessment of leadership is one of the
significant movement in which losses can be minimised and preventive measures can be taken.
Leadership behaviour is one of the significant movement in which individual may get
assistance to acquire level of certainty so that higher commitments can be attained. Change
leadership is defined as such longer visions which are related with developing individual within
an organisation and to prospect them with same working unit. Relationship with transformational
leadership are categorising strong identification in which leader tend to initiate various strategies
in respect of combination of change management. Leader within an organisation is one
significant factor which renders intrinsic motivation so that employee may work with greater
efficiency. This is being analysed that positive relationship is existed between employee
commitment and transformational leadership style as this leadership style is focused over
bringing out specific changes within the organisation which lead to support organisational
development and roles (Munyeki and Were, 2017). When a change within organisation is much
more extensive in nature then this will lead into giving higher responsibility to the organisation
and in the same manner overall willingness can be given. There are various domains within
leadership behaviour and prominent in them are commitments and positive changes. Leadership
is all about moulding people and providing them such satisfaction so that employee may provide
fuller contribution and acquire efficiency as well.
Transformational Leadership is an important term or process for successful implementation
of any form of change in the organization as it motivates and encourages employees to support
the organization and leaders in executing the changes in the given direction. The only fact to be
known is that transformational leadership was never linked with concepts of leadership style and
behaviours. One of the conclusions of this study is that transformational and change leadership
are not significantly correlated at work unit level. This is highly unexpected as although the two
leadership measures have its own referents it was still considered to be highly corelated by
different individuals. Whereas using various multilevel analysis it was observed that
transformation leadership and individual’s commitment towards the change in the organization
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are positively correlated with each other thus supporting hypothesis. This extends further
towards a specific change project thus it can be seen that transformation leaders are expected to
get more buy in to organizational change regardless of individuals behaviour and adaption to the
change. The above given understanding is supported by recent research in authentic leadership of
Avolio, Gardner etc. However, it was observed at number of occasions that these positive
relationship between transformational leadership and individual commitment was not supported
even though it was huge contributor in organisation development. However, someone can never
simply focus on leader’s understanding and gain a good understanding of the behaviour of
followers and employees as the fact that if someone would support the change can vary from
individual to individual. The change support also depends on the scale it has impact or affect on
a person’s job level. In case where the impact of change is low on person’s job level, they are
majorly going to support the leaders therefore in this case the focus shifts on the way the leader
is able to carry and execute the change in the organization and in the right direction whereas in
case the impact of the change organization is evaluating is high on the job level of a person it
might be then a decision and criteria of individual person whether he is going to support the
change or be a barrier in that (Ding and et. al., 2017). Therefore, it can be clearly concluded from
the above analysis that in case one’s job is relatively unaffected, good change management and
leadership can be expected with good level of support whereas the same would be adverse in
case the job level is highly affected. Overall, the whole above analysis and evaluation highlights
the important role of transformation leadership and the way it was positively associated with
individual’s change commitment whenever any form of change management is communicated.
Moreover, the fact of this positive relationship was concluded but the same was weaker in terms
of support from various leaders and researchers. And the third important conclusion is that
change leadership was high and job impact was low that measure of transformation leadership
was not related to change commitment and behaviour.
Procedures
Description of the research design
Research design is relating with the overalls strategy which is used in research by
investigator in collecting data and information in effective manner. This consist of different
components of study. It consist of analysis of data and collection of data and measurement of
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data and information in most effective manner. There are various type of research design such as
exploratory design, descriptive design, case study design, action research design etc. in this
particular article, the researcher is using descriptive design method which helps them in
analysing the information in most effective manners and further it helps in attainment of research
question which is being made by them.
Description of the sample
Sampling is the process of selecting a sample from large number of population. There are
two types of sampling that is probabilistic sampling and non- probabilistic sampling. In this
particular study, the researcher is using probabilistic sampling in which there is a use of random
sampling to collect data and information. For collection of data in this research, 343 employees
are being selects from 30 organisations of the country. This will helps them in getting accurate
and true information which a researcher wants to analyse. These respondents are being selected
from wide variety of industry sectors. The industries which are being selected are IT industry,
telecom industry, banking and building products industry.
Description of the instruments used
Research instruments consist of various types of instruments which could helps
researcher in collecting data and information in most effective manner. Some of the research
instruments which can be used in research project is case study, survey, observation, literature
review, action research etc. in this particular research, from the article researcher is using survey
and literature review in order to collect information about a specific topic. In context with
survey, the researcher is using questionnaire survey which consist of close ended question and
which is to be filled by these respondents. On the other hand, literature review is used for
collecting theoretical information about a particular topic.
Explanation of the procedures followed
The research procedure which is being uploaded in this present research is through
survey. As this survey is conducted within various organisation and some of the samples are
selected. This survey is conducted face to face communication. This study is being identified and
by the leader, in this research, the nature is emphasized and explained. In this participants are
given guidelines for accessing the project websites that includes surveys. An the respondents are
being filled theses survey forms through online or face to face communication. By using this
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method, one half of the workers are bing rated under transformational leadership and on the other
hand, other half are rated under change leaderships style. As this is a elimination of biasses in the
organisational and selection of samples.
Discussion of internal validity
Internal validity is the process of study which is establish from trustworthy and cause of
effects relationships in between treatments and a outcomes. In this particular research, the
researcher will be able to reflect on their given study that make it possible to reduce and
eliminate alternative explanations for the findings. In this preset research, researcher will be able
to analyse the effect of transformational and change leaderships style on employees commitment.
This study of a leaderships style is valid to do because by this leaders behaviour towards
employees is shown. As by getting information through literature review and this helps in getting
accurate and valid information about a task or a given topic.
Discussion of external validity
External validity is referring to how well the outcome of research study can be expected
to apply to another settings. This consist of applying findings to the other people, situations,
settings and time period. This is generally referring to qualitative research. As in this given
research, researcher is using survey which could helps them in gaining more information about a
particular topic. Through survey, this helps them in communication with various people and
respondents. As these respondents are to be filled survey forms to gain accurate findings.
Further, this helps the research in gaining more information and getting valid data through
statistical data and findings.
Description and justification of the statistical techniques or other methods of analysis used
The statistical technique which can be used in this present research of leaderships style is
standard deviation and hypothesis testing. As in case of standard deviation, this is measured of
mean and this is usually used for determining dispersion of data points. The in case of
hypotheses testing, it access that the information is true for data set or for the population as well.
These help in making decision at the time of findings and identifying results of a given topic.
Findings
This is being analysed that leadership and employee commitments are two interlinked terms
which are associated with providing such satisfaction to employees in which they can work with
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higher efficiency and involvement. Looking after current pattern of businesses transformational
leadership style is one of the suitable leadership style which is focused over inhaling changes
within business so that overall working can be developed in such a way that business objectives
can be attained and at the same time. Besides this it can be said that transformational leadership
style is one of the significant step that can be placed by an organisation for developing their
business and to acquire overall business efficiency and to implement change in prominent
manner as well.
Summary and conclusions
Brief summary of the research question being investigated, the procedures employed, and the
results obtained
The research is carried out on the topic of effect of transformational and change leadership
on employee commitment.
Research questions
 What is the relationship between transformational leadership style and individual
commitments?
 What is the impact of change leadership over individual commitment?
Discussion of the implication of the findings -- their meaning and significance
The research is associated with quantitative approach and in this manner with the help of
quantitative data diversified results can be taken out. Besides this significance of quantitative
research is related with examining various elements within research in such a manner that this
would develop in attaining overall objectives.
Limitations -- unresolved problems and limitations
In the terms of limitation time management and accuracy of information was the major
issue faced within research. These issues created barriers in attaining research objectives so that
could lead delays within research.
Suggestions for further research
In the context of further research, qualitative data could be beneficial as this is related with
in-depth study of research topic. Using qualitative research will lead into gaining multi-
dimensional information so that the same can be used to attain research objectives.
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