Abstract
More than twenty years after its introduction, the concept of transformational leadership is still one of the key concepts in business leadership research. Up till now both defenders and critics of the concept treat transformational leadership as if it were a scientific concept. In this article I propose to understand transformational leadership as a management concept instead. That is to say, as a concept not to be judged on its explanatory power but on its spreading and performative power. Understanding transformational leadership as a management concept has important research implications. It suggests that the critical question to ask is not to which extent transformational leadership (as a leadership phenomenon) is moral, but to which extent the concept of transformational leadership itself leads a moral life.
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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| Publikationsdato | 2009 |
| DOI | |
| Status | Udgivet - 2009 |
| Udgivet eksternt | Ja |
| Begivenhed | The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2009: Green Management Matters - Chicago, USA Varighed: 7 aug. 2009 → 11 aug. 2009 Konferencens nummer: 69 http://annualmeeting.aomonline.org/2009/ |
Konference
| Konference | The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2009 |
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| Nummer | 69 |
| Land/Område | USA |
| By | Chicago |
| Periode | 07/08/2009 → 11/08/2009 |
| Sponsor | European School of Management and Technology, Heller College of Business Administration, Society for Human Resource Management, Tulane University, A.B. Freeman School of Business, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (WU) |
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Emneord
- Leadership
- Evidence-based management
- Management
- Organization - management
- Organizational research
- Executive ability (management)
- interorganizational relations