%0 Journal Article
%T A Primer for Transformational Leadership in Nonprofit Sector
%A Osman SEYHAN
%J Journal of Administrative Sciences
%D 2013
%I Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University
%X This study attempts to provide a framework for successful leadership innonprofit organizations taking the concept of transformational leadershipas a model. Unlike for-profits, nonprofits address the issues of shapingsocial policies through innovative human life-changing approachesand moral contract with society. This research adopts a case study ofa change initiative in both organizational objectives and managementundertaken at a prominent NGO in Turkey. The study provides a differentpoint of view by extending the notion of nonprofit leaders with highquality of transformational leadership are those who can make strategicchanges tuned with organization¡¯s mission and objectives. It also revealsthat transformational leadership has a significant effect on the embracementof the mission and its accomplishments in voluntary and nonprofitorganizations and enables nonprofit sector managers to build a clear visionand mission for their organizations. Finally, the study extends tworationales for the necessity of transformational leadership in nonprofitsector ever changing and developing world.
%U http://ybd.comu.edu.tr/sites/ybd.comu.edu.tr/files/A%20Primer%20for%20Transformational%20Leadership%20in%20Nonprofit%20Sector.pdf