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LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS IN SUBORDINATES' VIEW: TRANSFORMATIONAL VERSUS BEHAVIOURAL PERSPECTIVE. IF TRANSFORMATIONS OF LEADERSHIP LITERATURE MATTERS IN PRACTICE
Aurelija Stelmokiene, Aukse Endriulaitiene

ABSTRACT. The purpose of this paper is to look for an answer if and how the behavioural paradigm and transformational leadership perspective are different when they are applied as theoretical background in the assessment of leadership effectiveness performed by the subordinates in Lithuanian organizations. Five hundred and five subordinates completed the self-administered questionnaire that consisted of Modified leadership effectiveness questionnaire and Global transformational leadership scale. The cross-sectional methodology, group comparison, measurement of inter-rater agreement and explanatory factor analysis were used to find out the differences in the assessment of leadership effectiveness. The results of this study suggest that when subordinates assess their leader's performance, the application of different theoretical background to the appraisal system does not make a distinction between the feedbacks. However, the subordinates agree more on the appraisal of leader's performance based on behavioural paradigm in comparison to the transformational leadership theory. The research contributes to the field of leader's performance appraisal from "follower-centric" perspective by providing empirical findings and theoretical interpretations .

KEYWORDS: leadership effectiveness, behavioural theory, transformational leadership, employee attitudes, appraisal of leader's performance.

JEL classification: M12, M51, M54.