Connecting Individual Differences in Workforce to Organizational Creativity through Transformational Leadership for Corporate Transformational Effectiveness!

Syeda Asiya Zenab Kazmi, Marja Naaranoja

Faculty of Technology, University of Vaasa, Vaasa, Finland.

DOI: 10.4236/ojl.2013.24010                

Abstract

The study offers grounds to measure level of “creativity” through directional “leadership management options” (i.e. transactional leadership, laissez-faire leadership) in teams marked by individual differences or diversity. The study results confirmed that transformational leadership provides support to generate creativity by even the ordinary performers marked by the workforce diversity phenomenon among the organizational workers.

Keywords

Creativity; Transactional Leadership; Laissez-Faire Leadership; Individual Differences; Transformational Leadership; Workforce Diversity

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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