Sustainability in Transformational and Transactional Leadership

Abstract

The relationship between leadership and sustainability in organizations is a topic of significant interest, focusing on the impact of transformational and transactional leadership styles on organizational sustainability. This study emphasized the importance of transformational and transactional leadership in driving sustainable practices and outcomes, addressing the gap between leadership styles and sustainability. Path analysis results show that transformational and transactional leadership styles significantly influence sustainability. However, interestingly, transformational leadership decreases sustainability expenditures, and both leadership styles increase nitrogen emissions. The relationship between transformational leadership and negative outcomes for sustainability needs to be directly addressed in the available literature. In the textile industry in developing countries, both transformational and transactional leadership and environmental sustainability have negative correlations, and transformational leaders may decrease environmental expenditures.