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Item Developing Global Leadership Bench Strength through Transformational Leaders(Asian Journal of Empirical Research. Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Wijewantha, P.Developing the global leadership bench strength by advancing the global leadership competencies of high potential employees is a critical concern for Multinational Corporations (MNCs), to achieve sustainable competitive advantage. Accordingly, the main purpose of this paper is to emphasize the role of line managers transformational leadership in developing the global leadership competencies of their respective subordinates, with the theoretical support of the transformational leadership theory. For the above purpose, data were collected from line manager-high potential dyads, using a structured questionnaire developed using well accepted, standard measures. Upon completion of preliminary analyses, the hypothesis was tested. From the regression analyses, it was found that there is a major impact of line manager's transformational leadership in the development of global leadership competencies of high potential subordinates. This finding is consistent with the transformational leadership theory and other empirical studies in the area and suggests the development of line manager's transformational leadership competencies for the purpose of developing the global leadership bench strength in MNCs.Item Developing global leaders through transformational leadership(International Conference on Human Resources Management,Rethinking HRM in Asia and the Globalising World, 2016) Wijewantha, P.; kailasapathy, P.This paper attempts to see whether there is an impact of line managers’ transformational leadership on global leadership competencies of high potentials in MNC subsidiaries operating in Sri Lanka. The relationship is established extending the transformational leadership theory to the MNC context, based on previous literature that line managers contribute to follower leadership development. This is a quantitative survey study, based on primary data. The unit of analysis is dyads: the high potential subordinate and his or her respective supervisor. Data were collected using self-administered anonymous questionnaires after taking precautionary methods to reduce CMV. Questionnaires were developed using the ‘Profile of the Global Leader of the Future’ developed by Accenture containing 41 items and 39 items from Form 5–X of the MLQ, covering the four main dimensions of transformational leadership. Data were analyzed with SPSS and AMOS 16.0 software using hierarchical regression analysis. According to the results, the hypothesis is supported indicating there is an impact of line managers’ transformational leadership on global leadership competencies of high potentials. As the number of studies reported on high potentials in the Sri Lankan context with respect to both MNCs and local companies is very limited, the present study fills that void in literature to a great extent.