Transformational Leadership

by Bernard M. Bass, Ronald E. Riggio

Transformational Leadership, Second Edition is intended for both the scholars and serious students of leadership. It is a comprehensive review of theorizing and empirical research that can serve as a reference and starting point for additional research on the theory. It can be used as a supplementary textbook in an intense course on leadership - or as a primary text in a course or seminar focusing on transformational leadership. New in the Second Edition:

Genres: Leadership, Business, Transformational Leadership, Management

296 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1997

Reviews

[Shirin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book to find materials for my upcoming doctoral thesis proposal.

It covers a wide range of subject connected to transformational leadership, which makes life easy for me. One stop shop for transformational leadership. Bass and Riggio mentioned in the last chapter that the intent of this book is to provide a better understanding of transformational leadership and to review researches that this model has stimulated in a short span of time. I am not too sure about providing better understand part because the description of TL in chapter 1 was rather sparse and I suppose, the authors expects the reader to already have some back ground on this subject. I have had previous knowledge about TL from my MBA works so I could dive straight into the subject , but had I not have this background, the description as provided in chapter 1 may be a little wanting. But hey, that is just me. AS for reviweing researches, thats aplenty.

For a book recommended as supplementary material for academics, this was a surprisingly easy read and was engaging enough for me to avoid falling off track. Comprising 15 chapters, this book kicked off with a round up of what to expect in the proceeding chapters, some description of TL and the full range leadership (FRL) model.

The second chapter discusses the various methods of measurement with MLQ being one of the usual suspects. All TL students should already know this MLQ.


Chapter 3 discusses how TL enhances loyalty while chapter described how TL affects the leader, the followers and group performance.

Chapter 5 connects the TL with stress comparing against transactional leadership style, which is said to induce more stress, while chapter 6 shows how TL deals with contingencies.

Chapters 7 thru 9 discussed the context of TL in culture , gender and the implications of TL for organizations. It is interesting to note that studies of gender in the TL context thus far reveals that women, are observed to be much much more transformational than the male colleague, who tends to be more MBE in comparison.

Can a TL be trained? This was dealt with in chapter 10 and can we predict the development of a TL was the subject of Chapter 11.

Rank status, empowerment and substitutes were the final three subjects discussed in this book before the book was concluded with futute subject of study to be carried out to fill up the gaps in knowledge of transformational leadership.

Not a bad read at all.

[Monica · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read it for a class. It was likely beyond my level, as there was no pop psychology, but mainly complex algebraic formulas explaining leadership theory in it's quantum form. Great for falling asleep, but there were also some fun anecdotes in there to keep it interesting, so it gets a 3.

[Phuongvu · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Ed McDermott · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great reference and resource, more focused on research though and proving transformational leadership is the most effective leadership style

[Robert]

this book very needed

[Kelli · Rating 3 out of 5]

It had some good concepts, text was redundant at times. Assigned reading for a college course. I found myself laughing at the frequency of citations Bass has of his previous texts.

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[Wissam Raji · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best I read about leadership. It is unconventional in the sense that the author concludes what you don't expect sometimes. Interesting and highly beneficial.

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