Can Leadership Training Improve Organizational Effectiveness? Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment on Transformational and Transactional Leadership

• DOI: 10.1111/puar.13356
• Publication Date: 2021-01-28T21:47:29Z
• Authors: Christian Bøtcher...; Lotte Bøgh Andersen; Anne Bøllingtoft; Tine Louise Mundb...
• Keywords: 4. Education; 05 social sciences; 0506 political science

Abstract Based on evidence from a large‐scale leadership training field experiment, this article advances our knowledge about the possibilities for leaders toward more active and effective leadership. In public private were randomly assigned to control group or one of three programs: Transformational, transactional, combined program. Employee responses 463 organizations show that can affect behavior positively in very different (primary secondary schools, daycare centers, tax bank units). Furthermore, subsample school principals, we find some effects performance standardized tests elementary schools final exams lower schools. We discuss these findings relation content criteria.