Transformational or Transactional? A Comparison of the Effects of Leadership Styles on Firm Performance and Innovation in the Turkish Work Environment

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dc.authorid0000-0001-9268-630X
dc.contributor.authorCekmecelioglu, Hulya Gunduz
dc.contributor.authorOzcan, Meryem
dc.contributor.authorBalkas, Jale
dc.contributor.authorCam, Fazilet Burcu Candan
dc.date.accessioned2026-04-04T18:55:58Z
dc.date.available2026-04-04T18:55:58Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentİstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThe ability of leaders to influence the behavior of individuals, groups, organizations, and communities keeps leadership as an ongoing topic of discussion. This study examines the impacts of transformational and transactional leadership on different types of firm performance. Accordingly, we attempt to explore the effects of these two leadership styles on various organizational performance indicators (e.g., innovation performance, financial performance, and non-financial performance) in the Turkish work environment, characterized by high power distance, low tolerance for uncertainty, short-term goal orientation, and an organizational culture consisting of feminine values. The study utilized structural equation modeling (SEM) to analyze data collected from 460 participants across 100 firms in the Marmara region-the heart of T & uuml;rkiye's industrial and service sectors-. It revealed that transactional leadership produced more positive, significant outcomes in financial and non-financial firm performance than transformational leadership in Turkish organizational culture. On the other hand, research results have shown that transformational leadership has a higher impact on firm innovation.JEL Classification: M19.
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/21582440251367515
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/21582440251367515
dc.identifier.issn2158-2440
dc.identifier.issue3
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-105021118469
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/21582440251367515
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/10639
dc.identifier.volume15
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001566941000001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSage Publications Inc
dc.relation.ispartofSage Open
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20260402
dc.snmzKA_Scopus_20260402
dc.subjectTransformational Leadership
dc.subjectTransactional Leadership
dc.subjectPerformance
dc.titleTransformational or Transactional? A Comparison of the Effects of Leadership Styles on Firm Performance and Innovation in the Turkish Work Environment
dc.typeArticle

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