In the context of sustainable and durable development postulates, local leadership and rural governance is a matter of particular importance. As a local leader, the commune mayor should have a vision of the commune’s development and possess the ability to influence the citizens and involve them in the process of realizing that vision. Such a manner of governance is the essence of transformational leadership, which, according to the multifactor model developed by Bass and Avoilo, facilitates the achievement of positive organizational and social results. The authors’ research is an attempt to answer the question about the style of governance adopted by the political leaders of rural communes in Poland and its links with their engagement in social activation and the use of participatory tools. A survey was conducted on a sample of 49 commune mayors from the Greater Poland Province (43%) using the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) and a questionnaire about public participation developed by the authors. The results indicate that components of transactional leadership predominate among commune mayors from the Greater Poland Province. Transformational leadership, which is largely based on the leader’s charisma, is exhibited much less frequently. At the same time, the majority of commune mayors use only the most basic forms of participation, without going beyond the requirements specified in the provisions of the law. Those commune mayors who rely more strongly on transformational leadership more often use public participation techniques as well.

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可持续发展要求背景下农村领导人的领导风格：波兰大波兰省公社市长的案例研究

在可持续和持久发展假设的背景下，地方领导和农村治理尤为重要。作为地方领导，公社市长应该对公社的发展有远见，并有能力影响市民并使他们参与到实现远景的过程中。这种治理方式是变革型领导的本质，根据 Bass 和 Avoilo 开发的多因素模型，它有助于实现积极的组织和社会成果。作者的研究试图回答有关波兰农村公社政治领导人所采用的治理方式及其与他们参与社会活动和使用参与工具的联系的问题。使用多因素领导力问卷 (MLQ) 和作者开发的关于公众参与的问卷调查对来自大波兰省的 49 名市镇市长 (43%) 进行了抽样调查。结果表明，交易型领导的组成部分在大波兰省的市镇市长中占主导地位。变革型领导主要基于领导者的魅力，但很少出现。同时，大多数公社市长只使用最基本的参与形式，没有超出法律规定的要求。那些更依赖变革型领导的社区市长也更经常使用公众参与技术。