Our study has explored the effects of leadership traits on organizational performance in hospitals and health care\nindustry. The core objective of this study was to examine the effect of leadership traits and behavior on performance\nof hospitals. Transactional and transformational leadership traits were measured. Transformational leadership\ntraits and performance/results measured relevantly in the study was leaders charisma, individual consideration and\ntheir inspirational motivation; extra effort, effectiveness, and satisfaction, in that order. Transactional leadership\ntraits and performance/result variables were positive/contingent incentive or rewards and corrective actions/\nmanagement by exception; and effort, productivity and commitment/loyalty, correspondingly. In this study we adapt\na survey questionnaire, and employed evaluative quantitative analysis method. Analysis was based on primary\ndata generated through a planned Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) administered on participants.\nThe answers to research questionnaire were scaled on likert�s scale and converted to quantitative data to enable\nsegmentation of the data responses into the independent and dependent variables assumed on leadership traits\nand connected performance variables. The model which was used in the study was OLS linear regression model\nto estimate and evaluate the results. The result illustrates that although transformational leadership traits had\npositive effect on performance but it is insignificant while transactional leadership trait had an important constructive\neffect on organization and employees performance. The study also analyzed that transactional leadership trait was\nmore suitable in inducing and enhancing performance in hospitals than transformational leadership style and, as\na result, transactional leadership trait/behaviors is recommended for the health care organization/hospitals with\nintegral policies and strategies for evolution to transformational leadership style as the hospitals matured, grew and\ndeveloped.
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