Transformational Leadership and Organizational Processes: Influencing Public Performance
利用纽约市公立学校数据，研究校长变革型领导如何通过绩效信息使用和利益相关者参与影响学生考试成绩。
Abstract Leaders are essential actors in public performance improvement and organizational change. However, a key question has not been adequately addressed in prior literature on the topic: how do leadership processes make a difference? Using data on New York City public schools, this article explores the organizational mechanisms by which a specific form of principal's leadership—transformational leadership—influences objective organizational outcomes as measured by standardized test scores. The empirical results indicate that a principal's transformational leadership style affects student test scores through the mediating effects of purposeful performance information use and stakeholder engagement .