Abstract: It is considered that a company’s success is due to organizational performance, employee job satisfaction and employee affective commitment. Little researches have been conducted on the impact of transformational leadership on the general performance of the organization, the limited character of research findings in this area suggests the need to investigate further the nature of the relationship between leadership and performance. This paper seeks to address this gap in the literature by presenting research that aims to identify the impact that transformational leadership has on employee performance motivation being constant at WASAC. The general objective of this study was to establish the effect of transformational leadership on the organizational performance in Rwanda state corporations a case of WASAC. A descriptive research design with a cross sectional component was used where all relevant parties were involved. The target population were specific employees of WASAC which were selected for the study. The data were collected using questionnaires then analyzed using SPSS, Correlation were also used so as to determine the relationship between the independent variable and dependent variable so as to indicate whether there exists a significant relationship between transformational leadership and employee performance. Regression analysis were used to extract a systemic relationship between the independent and dependent variables and the results revealed that determinants of schedule control studied in this research have an influence of 80.7% on organizational performance of WASAC. The study applied a descriptive research design and used questionnaire to collect primary data from employees of WASAC Kigali Head Quarter. The study based its findings on the data from 55 employees. The findings of the study also concluded that managers intervened promptly on subordinate performance to increase subordinates’ staff morale and team spirit, transformation way of leadership has improved on the employee productivity in the sense that staff are aware of their expectation, how to carry-out their duties and taking right action. Therefore, the researcher recommended that transformational leadership should be taught to all people at all levels of organization to have a positive impact on the overall performance. There should be effective communication between management and other employees within the organization and it is suggested that managers should be trained to use both styles of leadership and along with the increasing need for new skills and competencies of leadership as a result of changes in community. Employees motivation should be boosted at all cost to promote productivity. Reward and punishment should be done in a fair manner to all employees.
Keywords: Transformational leadership, Transactional Leadership Theory, Organizational performance, Employee effectiveness.
Title: EFFECT OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP ON THE ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN RWANDA STATE CORPORATIONS: A CASE STUDY FOR WATER AND SANITATION CORPORATION
Author: MUKUNDANE Winnie, Dr. MULYUNGI Patrick, NGUSALE Vincent
International Journal of Management and Commerce Innovations
ISSN 2348-7585 (Online)
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