Transformational Leadership and Organizational Processes: Influencing Public Performance

Leaders are essential actors in public performance improvement and organizational change. However, a key question has not been adequately addressed in prior literature on the topic: how do leadership processes make a difference? Using data on New York City public schools, this article explores the o...

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Published inPublic administration review Vol. 77; no. 4; pp. 554 - 565
Main Authors Sun, Rusi, Henderson, Alexander C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hoboken, USA Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.07.2017
American Society for Public Administration
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Instructional Leadership
Leadership
Leadership style
Leadership Styles
Organizational change
Public schools
School districts
Test scores
Transformational leadership
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Summary:Leaders are essential actors in public performance improvement and organizational change. However, a key question has not been adequately addressed in prior literature on the topic: how do leadership processes make a difference? Using data on New York City public schools, this article explores the organizational mechanisms by which a specific form of principal's leadership—transformational leadership—influences objective organizational outcomes as measured by standardized test scores. The empirical results indicate that a principal's transformational leadership style affects student test scores through the mediating effects of purposeful performance information use and stakeholder engagement.
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ISSN:0033-3352
1540-6210
DOI:10.1111/puar.12654