Transactional leadership style effect on work teams
editIn a survey done by Jun Liu, Xiaoyu Liu and Xianju Zeng on the correlation of Transactional leadership and how innovations can be affected by team emotions. The research was composed of 90 work teams, with a total of 460 members and 90 team leaders. The study found that there is a relationship between emotions, labor behavior and trasactional leadership that affect for the team. Depending on the level of emotions of the team; this can affect the transactional leader in a positive or negative way. Transactional leaders work better in teams where there is a lower level of emotions going into the project. This is because individuals are able to
- Think freely when setting their emotions aside from their work.
- Have all of their focus on the given task.
A transactional leader is:
- Negatively affected when the emotional level is high.
- Positively affected when the emotional level is low.
Transactional leadership presents a form of strategic leadership that is important for the organizations development. Transactional leadership is essential for team innovativeness.
Liu, J., Liu, X., & Zeng, X. (2011). Does transactional leadership count for team innovativeness? Journal of Organizational Change Management, 24(3), 282-298. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09534811111132695