Transformational Leadership and Team Effectiveness in Niger Delta University, Bayelsa State, Nigeria.

Samuel Arome Baba (PhD)
Department of Management,
University of Port Harcourt,
Nigeria.
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Kenneth Ujadughele (PhD)
Department of Management,
University of Port Harcourt,
Nigeria.
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Abstract

This study examined the relationship between transformational leadership and team effectiveness in Niger Delta University, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. Cross sectional research design was adopted in the study. Three-hundred (300) copies of questionnaire were retrieved and analyzed from the field survey out of Three-hundred and twenty (320) distributed. Spearman’s rank order correlation coefficient statistical tool was employed to ascertain the relationship existing between the variables. Findings revealed a positive and significant relationship between the predictor variable transformational leadership and the measures of team effectiveness (goal achievement and problem solving). It was concluded that transformational leadership significantly relates positively to team effectiveness in Niger Delta University, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. The study suggested that team leads in Nigeria’s south-south universities should be forced to evaluate their leadership abilities on a regular basis. Similarly, institutions should conduct frequent polls of employee perceptions of leadership. The school management should employ staff based on competence and not on political ground or personal relationship.

Keywords: Transformational leadership, Team Effectiveness, Goal achievement, Problem solving.