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VOL. 10, ISSUE 3 (2025)
Transformational leadership and policy implementation: Educational governance among educational officers in Mangalore Taluk
Authors
Sethu Madhavan M, Dr. Rajkumar Goyal
Abstract
Transformational leadership has emerged as a
key theoretical lens for understanding how individual leaders can inspire
systemic change in decentralized educational contexts. This study explores the
intersection of transformational leadership and policy implementation among
educational officers in Mangalore Taluk, Karnataka. The research employs a
mixed-methods approach, combining semi-structured interviews with standardized
leadership behavior inventories and implementation checklists. The findings
reveal distinct patterns in how transformational leadership traits are
expressed among educational officers and how these traits correlate with policy
implementation effectiveness. Officers exhibiting stronger transformational
traits, particularly in motivation and consideration, tended to engage more
constructively with stakeholders and adapt policies to local needs.
Institutional culture also played a moderating role, with supportive
supervisory structures and regular capacity-building sessions fostering more
proactive leadership behaviors. The study highlights key barriers to policy
implementation, including inconsistent training, limited resource availability,
and hierarchical constraints that sometimes restricted the autonomy necessary
for innovation. The integration of leadership theory and policy implementation
frameworks underscores the importance of seeing educational governance as a
dynamic space shaped by human behaviors, leadership choices, and localized
challenges. Future research can build on these findings by adopting a
longitudinal and comparative approach, expanding the study across multiple
taluks or districts, and incorporating perspectives from subordinate staff. The
study affirms that transformational leadership is necessary for bridging the
gap between educational policy and practice, and strengthening this dimension
at the officer level may be one of the most effective ways to ensure that
educational reforms translate into meaningful improvements on the ground.
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Pages:8-13
How to cite this article:
Sethu Madhavan M, Dr. Rajkumar Goyal "Transformational leadership and policy implementation: Educational governance among educational officers in Mangalore Taluk". National Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, Vol 10, Issue 3, 2025, Pages 8-13
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