This qualitative research is a case study of leadership characteristics of Malian teachers who became politicians from 1992 to 2007. Fifteen teacher-politicians who had political seats participated in this investigation. The duration of the interview with each respondent spanned from one to one and a half hours. Teacher-politicians were interviewed in order to understand the type of leadership they display on the political scene. It also enabled the researcher to develop a theory grounded in teacher-politicians‘ information. The data proposed that teacher-politicians involved in this study displayed both transformational and transactional leadership characteristics on the political sphere.
Different major themes emerged from the data collected from the respondents that explained the different types of leadership teacher-politicians tried to display on the political scene. There were eight different themes that emerged from the data, among which were motive, objective, choice, behavior, character, competence, opinion, and value. It was clear that teacher-politicians tried to bring leadership to the political scene as they talked about their political involvement by which the eight different aspects were incorporated into an available outline of reference. This study provided a discussion and analysis of all data collected. A clear description of the grounded theory used is presented. Implications, limitations, expectations, and suggestion for future research are included.