The main findings of this study are:
(1) contingent reward and transformational leadership were shown to be
significantly correlated with productivity in a large manufacturing setting;
(2) an intensive year long transformational leadership development and training
program resulted in significant increases in contingent reward and
transformational leadership behaviors among first-line supervisors; and
(3) the increases in transformational leadership were accompanied, in an
otherwise stable and unchanged operating environment, by significant
increases in productivity and satisfaction with supervision.