Determination of Transformational Leadership Perceptions for the Employees: A Comparative Research

The purpose of this study is to determine the transformational leadership perceptions for the employees. for this purpose, first of all, a theoretical framework for transformational leadership was drawn and then a comparative research was performed to the bank employees in izmir and ankara provinces. the results were found to be high with respect to the levels of transformational leadership perceptions for the employees. it was also found out that the levels of transformational leadership and perceptions of sub-dimensions for the bank employees in ankara were higher than the bank employees in izmir. additionally, it is found out that there is only a difference within the sub-dimension; “having a high expectation of success” as regards the transformational leadership and perceptions of sub-dimensions for the bank employees in izmir and ankara provinces.