TY - JOUR 
A1 - Para González, Lorena
AU - Jiménez Jiménez, Daniel
AU - Martínez Lorente, Ángel Rafael
T1 - Exploring the mediating effects between transformational leadership and organizational performance
Y1 - 2018
SN - 0142-5455
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10317/8073
AB - Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to study the possible mediating mechanisms (human resource management (HRM), learning and innovation) that could exist in the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational performance. This topic has been studied only by a few groups of researchers and these researchers have not analyzed all these concepts jointly.

Design/methodology/approach. This research explores the relationships using partial least squares with data from 200 Spanish industrial companies. Analyzing the mentioned relationships in the Spanish context has been done by few researchers before. Findings. The study reveals that the adoption of transformational leadership styles improves performance when specific systems of HRM practices, learning and innovation are developed in an organization. Originality/value. This study, therefore, contributes to the understanding of the link between transformational leaders and performance by proposing a model in which it is evinced that this leadership style produces synergies between HRM, learning and innovation, which in the end, affect performance.
KW - Organización de Empresas
KW - Transformational Leadership
KW - Human Resource Management Practices
KW - Exploitation
KW - Exploration
KW - Learning
KW - Innovation
KW - Performance
KW - 53 Ciencias Económicas
LA - eng
PB - Emerald Publishing Limited
ER -