The Influence of Transformational Leadership in Creating a Learning Organisation

Abstract

This study seeks to establish the influence of transformational leadership behaviour on learning organisation. For this purpose Avilio and Bass (2000) transformational leadership questionnaire is adopted and Peter Senge's learning organisation dimensional questionnaire is used. The independent variables to measure transformational leadership include; Idealised behaviour, idealized attributes, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation and individual consideration. The dependent variable used to measure learning organisation includes mental models, personal mastery, shared vision, team learning and system thinking. The study adopted descriptive and explanatory research design. Also this study used a cross sectional survey methods using a survey questionnaires containing 56 items with Likert Scale (Disagree-1 and 5 for Agree). The sample of 100 employees from Amway in Kuala Lumpur were selected using simple probability sampling. The collected data was analysed using descriptive means and regression via SPSS.21. This study found that most of the transformational leadership behaviour is significant and positively influences learning organisation except System Thinking of learning organisation. Though this study included only two organisations, future studies may include larger sample size by conducting the research on more privaye sector organisation, particular only one sector. The future studies may compare differences based on socio-demographic profile and might examine the similarities of national culture in relation with Malaysia.