© 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Research, transformational leadership and knowledgetranslation: a successful formula, Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, Volume 27, Issue 1, pages 1–2, March 2013, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/scs.12027