Ethical Dimension in Transformational Leadership Anona Armstrong Centre for International Corporate Governance Research Victoria University‚ Australia Anona.Armstrong@vu.edu.au Nuttawuth Muenjohn RMIT University‚ Australia Abstract Few empirical studies have been done that directly address the underlying values that drive leadership or distinguish its ethical dimensions. As a result the development of a theory about how values and ethics affect transformational leadership lacks empirical
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As portrayed in the previous examples‚ leaders are essential to the progression and development of successful organizations. Much contribution could be given to those who follow transformational leadership qualities and principles. Transformational leads inspire and result in positive progressive change within and throughout the company. Of course‚ there are positive and negative aspects that follow. Recent researchers have spent efforts to understand the relationship of leader and follower
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Critique of Transformational Leadership & Transactional Leadership “Leadership without perspective and point of view isn’t leadership-and of course it must be your own perspective‚ your own point of view. You cannot borrow a point of view any more than you can borrow someone else’s eyes. It must be authentic‚ and if it is‚ it will be original‚ because you are original”. (Bennis‚ 1992‚ p.122) Introduction This paper assesses two popular leadership theories: Transformational Leadership & Transactional
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Running Head: Implementing a Leadership Change Options for Implementing a Leadership Change Organizational Leadership University of Phoenix - Online LDR 531 September 28‚ 2009 Introduction In any organization‚ changing leadership can create more shifts and deeper changes within the company’s walls. Usually‚ a new change in leadership comes at a time when the organization needs a new vision‚ or plan in its operating systems. Going through any type of leadership change can create tension
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What is the Cognitive Resource Theory? A theory of leadership that states that the level of stress in a situation is what impacts whether a leader’s intelligence or experience will be more effective What is the Leader-member exhange (LMX) theory? Small ingroup of individuals - because of time pressures‚ leaders establish a special relationship with a small group of their followers. These individuals make up the ingroup—they are trusted‚ get a disproportionate amount of the leader’s attention
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models are in place to help the employee achieve the desired expectations of their employers. The expectancy theory is the motivation theory based on the idea that work effort is directed toward behaviors that people believe will lead to desired outcomes. (McShane & Von Glinow‚ 2008‚ p. 143). One of the appealing characteristics of expectancy theory is that it provides clear guidelines for increasing employee motivation by altering the person’s E-to-P expectancies. (McShane & Von Glinow
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of both charismatic and transformational leadership. Whitman moved from a tightly structured‚ traditional button-down corporate environment at Hasbro ’s Playskool division into the T-shirt and jeans atmosphere of an internet start-up company without missing a beat. In doing so‚ she illustrated that sometimes it is more important to have a vision and the willingness to commit to that vision than to have targeted knowledge of how the business works. Much credit must be given to Meg Whitman ’s particular
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Leadership Ethics Influencing and persuading are central parts of a leader’s job. Leaders routinely attempt to influence employees to perform at a high level. Leadership can have a dark side‚ however. Address the following questions in your paper: ➢ What kinds of actions by a leader would you regard as being clearly unethical in an attempt to influence employees? ➢ Do you think some kinds of leadership approaches are more ethical than others? ➢ At what point does transformational
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BETWEEN TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP‚ INTEGRITY AND AN ETHICAL CLIMATE IN ORGANISATIONS Authors: Anja S. van Aswegen1 Amos S. Engelbrecht1 Affi liations: 1 Department of Industrial Psychology‚ Stellenbosch University‚ South Africa Correspondence to: Amos Engelbrecht e-mail: ase@sun.ac.za Postal address: PO Box 3543‚ Stellenbosch‚ 7602‚ South Africa How to cite this article: Van Aswegen‚ A.S.‚ & Engelbrecht‚ A.S. (2009). The relationship between transformational leadership‚ integrity
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successful leader are. Leadership‚ as defined by Koontz and Weihrich (2008) is “the art or a process of influencing people so that they will strive willingly and enthusiastically toward the achievement of group goals” (p. 311). Leadership plays an important role in employee’s participation‚ creativity‚ recruitment to an organization‚ their commitment to the organization‚ and productivity levels. Over the years‚ there have been a number of theories surrounding leadership such as the “Great Man”
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