THE NATURE AND IMPLICATIONS OF CONTEXTUAL INFLUENCES ON TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP - A CONCEPTUAL EXAMINATION

In the existing transformational leadership research, little attention has been paid to contextual influences on transformational leadership . To more fully understand transformational leadership as an organizat ional process. researchers must study it in relation to ct contextual framework. We discuss how four contextual factors affect organizationa l receptivity to transformational leadership. We also examine how the configuration of these factors may be used as a framework for enrichin g transformational leadership research.