Influence of tranformational leadership in decreasing task conflicts through prevention oriented proactive behaviour

Authors

  • R. Gayathri Research Scholar, School of Management Studies, VISTAS
  • S. Preetha Professor, School of Management Studies, VISTAS

Keywords:

transformational leadership, proactive work, behaviour, prevention-oriented initiative, task conflicts

Abstract

Transformational leadership is widely thought to cause change in individuals, systems, and processes, ultimately leading to innovation and change. This paper discusses transformational leadership's behavioural pattern toward task conflict resolution by followers. The study aims to find the relationship between transformational leadership and prevention oriented proactive behaviour to decrease the task conflicts of employees. This article attempts to provide logical and overall understanding of how transformational leadership builds the proactive behaviour of employees in particular the prevention-oriented initiative among various situational constraints. And this paper tries to prove the prevention-oriented initiative to decrease the task conflicts. To test hypothesis data were collected from 170 respondents working in various companies through disproportionate quota sampling. The results of the survey supported the proposed hypothesis that organizational leaders can use to build positive employee behavior within the organization.  This study also adds value by supporting the relationship between transformational leadership and active employee behaviour using self-conceptual leadership theory and social exchange theory.

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Published

19-10-2022

How to Cite

Gayathri, R., & Preetha, S. (2022). Influence of tranformational leadership in decreasing task conflicts through prevention oriented proactive behaviour. International Journal of Health Sciences, 6(S10), 370–380. Retrieved from https://sciencescholar.us/journal/index.php/ijhs/article/view/13483

Issue

Vol. 6 No. S10 (2022)

Section

Peer Review Articles
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