The influence of transformational leader upon organizational culture

Abstract

The need to promote reform is so widespread in today's business society that participatory, democratic, relations-oriented and considerate leadership styles are needed in order to create progressive organizations. The type of leadership that combines all these attributes is the transformational one. Transformational leaders stimulate their associates to view the world from new perspectives, angles, and informational sources, they are motivated by a sense of mission to recreate the organization to survive in a challenging external environment. The paper deals with the importance transformational leaders have in the process of organizational change.