Published date:Sep 19 2019

Journal Title: KnE Social Sciences

Issue title: Annual PwR Doctral Symposium 2018–2019

Pages:90–108

DOI: 10.18502/kss.v3i25.5193

Nawaf AlGhanemNawaf.Alghanem@brunel.ac.ukCollege of Business, Arts and Social Sciences, Brunel University London, UK

Ashley BraganzaCollege of Business, Arts and Social Sciences, Brunel University London, UK; College of Business & Finance, Ahlia University, Bahrain

Tillal EldabiCollege of Business & Finance, Ahlia University, Bahrain

Organizational transformation and change scholars and researchers published many articles linking and studying the effect of vertical (transactional) leadership and horizontal (transformational) leadership on organizations during transformation. As much attention has been given in the last two decades to transformational leadership as being one of the trendiest leadership styles that focuses on the relation between followers and leaders to achieve better performance during organizational transformation, transactional leadership is still of benefit. This paper bridges organizational transformation and leadership literature and show the importance of transformational (horizontal) leadership alongside transactional (vertical) leadership in achieving efficient performance and optimal results during organizational transformation. Methodology: A literature review will be conducted based on literature related to certain key word and through a systematic literature review protocol.

Keywords: organizational transformation, leadership, transactional leadership, transformational leadership

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