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that while the transformational leader is motivating the followers by inspiring them to reach their common goal together, the transactional leader is using what could be considered a give&take approach in order to determine the followers to move towards their common goal (Bass & Bass, The Bass Handbook of Leadership: Theory, Research, and Managerial Applications , 2009). While Bass’ model for conceptualising leadership is focusing on the leader’s persona, positioning the leader at the core of leadership, the Leader Member Exchange (LMX) theory focuses on the relationship implied by leadership (Glynn & DeJordy, 2010). This theory emphasises the importance of leader-member dyads. It argues that leadership is a continuous exchange between the leader and every follower rather than being just a one-way process from leader towards followers (Graen & Uhl-Bien, 1995).
Research has shown the potential positive effect of leadership style and LMX on performance. Transformational leadership was found to be associated with positive behaviours like learning (Raes, Lismont, Decupyer, & van den Bossche, 2013; Garcia-Morales, Jimenez-Barrionuevo, & Gutierrez-Gutierrez, 2012) and innovation (Garcia-Morales, Jimenez-Barrionuevo, & Gutierrez-Gutierrez, 2012; Gumusluoglu & Ilsev, 2009) but less is researched on transactional leadership’s impact. Moreover, LMX was shown to be a mediator in the relationship between transformational leadership and organisational citizenship behaviour (Wang, Law, Hackett, Wang, & Chen, 2005) but it is not clear whether a similar phenomenon is also valid for the transactional leadership.
Societal and Scientific value
Given the impact that psychological safety has on teams’ performance outcomes, it is undoubtedly crucial for health care. Thus, gaining insight into how leadership influences psychological safety is valuable. Being a transactional or a transformational leader is not a label that a leader is keeping regardless of situations and/or followers but rather a set of behaviours that are influenced by context