The Effect of Transformational Leadership on Employees’ Self-efficacy
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 9, Issue 8
Abstract
The present study aims at identifying the effect of transformational leadership style on employees’ self-efficacy in Aran & Bidgol municipality, Iran. The research objective is practical and it is based on the descriptive-casual. Library-based method used for collecting data in literature review and study of relevant theories. Population of the study was all employees in Aran & Bidgol municipality, 100 persons. Census technique utilized for sampling. For collecting data Bass transformational leadership questionnaire and Sherer.et al self-efficacy questionnaire were administrated. The questionnaires validity verified by ten “10” expertise, and their reliability tested based on the Cronbach’s alpha. This investigation involves six hypotheses in which among them there is only one “1” primary hypothesis in evaluating the effect of transformational leadership style on self-efficacy of municipality employees. And the other secondary hypotheses concentrate in exploring the effect of aspects of transformational leadership style such as perfect characteristics, idealized behaviors, inspirational motivation, intellectual persuasion and personal considerations of managers on employees’ self-efficacy. Data analysis and the obtained scores from the administrated tests on variables proved all hypotheses and it showed that transformational leadership style has a significant effect on Aran & Bidgol municipality employees’ self-efficacy. Among various aspects of transformational leadership, the perfect characteristics have the most effect and personal considerations have the least one on employees’ self-efficacy.
Authors and Affiliations
Ashraf Shah Mansouri| Department Of Management, South Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, Mehdi Sokoot Arani| Department of Management & Business, Naragh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Naragh, Iran, email: Mehdisokoot@yahoo.com
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