The assessment of the transformational leadership styles of public and private hospital managers of İzmir in terms of leader-follower relationship quality

Leadership and quality are two factors which are important for the success and the existance of the organizations. In this research, on one hand the transformational leadership will be examined and on the other hand leader-follower relationship quality will be mentioned. The aim of this research is to assess the transformational leadership styles of the hospital managers in terms of leader-follower relationship quality.In the first part of this research, the problem will be defined, the aim and the restrictions will be told. In the second part as well as leadership and the basic leadership theories, transformational leadership, its definitions and importance, how it started out and its dimensions will be explained. Hence, at the same time the leader-follower relationship quality and its importance for the hospitals will be discussed. In the third and the fourth parts the methods and the findings will be evaluated. The last part will explain the results and put farward suggestions.The research was done February-April 2009 at thirteen public and private hospitals located at the metrapol area of Izmir with the permissions taken from The Local Health Authority and the hospitals. The two randomly chosen exemplaries of this research consist of 157 managers and their 765 followers. In the hospitals, Bass?s Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) was used. The managers evaluated their own leadership styles and the followers evaluated the perceptions of their managers? leadership styles.Data analysis was done by SPSS 13 package programme. In the analysis along with descriptive statistics, Kappa statistics were used. The findings were interpreted by tables. The general findings in terms of leadership dimensions are:?There is no meaningful statistical congruence between the leaders and the followers for the charismatic leader who considers the needs of others before his own needs, has confidence for doing the right things, does not use power for his own, gives importance to moral values,?There is no meaningful statistical congruence between the leaders and the followers for the Contingent Rewards where the followers are motivated by the promises, praises or negative feedback, finding faults, treats or discipline.?There is meaningful and perfect statistical congruence between the leaders and the followers for the Management-by-exception(Active) where the leaders monitor follower behavior, anticipate problems, and take corrective actions before the behavior creates serious difficulties.?There is meaningful and good statistical congruence between the leaders and the followers for the Management-by-exception (Passive) where leaders wait until the behavior has created problems before taking action.As a result it is not possible to talk about a high quality leader-follower relationship in our health system.Key Words: Leadership, Leader- Follower, Relationship Quality, Transformational Leadership