Exploring Transformational and Transactional Educational Leadership. | Digital Delights | Scoop.it
Transformational Leadership is about placing an emphasis on engaging people in a shared vision for the school whereas transactional leadership can be defined as offering a reward or incentive in return for the achievement of goals (Bollington 2004). It stimulates the extra effort needed from people to bring about organisational change and transformational leaders have a much stronger relationship with subordinates than transactional leaders (Geijsel et al 2003). Therefore, the followers of transformational leaders are more likely to want to put in extra effort than followers of transactional leaders.Educational Leadership Much has been written about effective educational leadership styles (Townsend 2011) and there appears to be no shortage of literature on this topic as a search shows on  Apri...