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TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP9 1999 Psychology Press LtdEUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WORK AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY, 1999, 8 (1), 9 32 Two Decades of Research and Development inTransformational LeadershipBernard M. BassCenter for Leadership Studies, State University of New York,Binghamton, USAThe interests of the organization and its members need to be aligned. Such is a taskfor the transformational leader. In contrast to the transactional leader who practisescontingent reinforcement of followers, the transformational leader inspires,intellectually stimulates, and is individually considerate of them. Transformationalleadership may be directive or participative. Requiring higher moral Development ,transformational leadership is recognized universally as a concept. Furthermore,contrary to earlier expectations, women leaders tend to be more transformationalthan their male counterparts.

TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP 11 take the form of contingent reward in which the leader clarifies for the follower through direction or participation what the follower needs to do to be rewarded

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