How a transactional leader affects the follower's motivation

            For the field of management, a transactional leader affects the follower's motivation by exchanging awards and the establishment of an atmosphere in which there is a perception of closer connections between efforts and desired outcomes. The effective leader, in our field, according to the transactional approach criteria is manifested as the leader who diagnoses, identifying exactly the needs and expectations of their subordinates and respond to them accordingly.
            In our field the transactional theories are manifested through the effects of leader behavior on follower’s knowledge, motivation and performance. The transactional leadership is presented by way of exchange of rewards, and corrective or constructive discipline.

            Leadership ability is among the most requested and required attitude, the same that can be grown but, according to Robbins, is part of the individual personality. How to know if our managers are configured as leaders and how to develop these skills in our person? Is a topic of much debate and study, but we need to find out if we have some leaders and what do we lack to achieve so.

            A leadership applicable classification that can be applied to our field is formally representing the address of a working group or designated officially, another less obvious is the recognition by the members of an informal institution that has great influence, but in a free, non remunerative and charismatic way.

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Cielinska, K. (2007). The Basic Roles of a Manager in Business Organization. Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development, 6:3-12.

Mercedes, C. (2011). Deshojando Paradigmas, La Subjetividad del Liderazgo Carismático,

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Robbins, S. P., & Judge, T. A. (2013). Organizational Behavior. New York, NY: Pearson Education.