LEADERSHIP STYLES IN SYNCHRONOUS AND ASYNCHRONOUS VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS

A comparison of the effects of transactional and transformational leadership in synchronous and a synchronousonline teamwork was conducted. In the study, groups of four participants interacted in online text chat andonline text forum in problem solving tasks. The groups were leaded by a confederate who acted as atransactional or a transformational leader. Satisfaction in the interactions and participations communicativestyles were assessed. Results indicated that transformational leadership is more satisfying and cognitive andmetacognitive style oriented than transactional leadership that is more participative style oriented.