The large and growing literature dealing with leadership has not led to an obvious increase
in either the quantity or quality of leaders, particularly transformational leaders. My cursory …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to illustrate that the magnitude of interest in and of
enthusiasm for transformational leadership is out of proportion with its weaknesses. Findings …

The aim of this chapter is to offer a synthesis of current research-based knowledge about top-
level leadership. The author includes in this review most of the major approaches to …

Transformational leadership was introduced by James MacGregor Burns in 1978. This new
paradigm described the leader and follower interaction as a mutually elevating process …

State University of New York, Binghamton hesearch continues for understanding what
contributes to a leader being more transfor-mational in outlook and behavior and what …

Transformational Leadership, Second Edition is intended for both the scholars and serious
students of leadership. It is a comprehensive review of theorizing and empirical research …

The current research in leadership is overflowing with articles and books describing the
virtues of “transformational” leadership. Recent authors include Noel Tichy, The Leadership …

Transformational leadership is one of the most recent conceptualizations of leadership
concepts. It has been specified as an important mechanism of introducing organizational …

Collectively, these three short quotations capture some of the key characteristics of
transformational leadership, a form of leadership argued by some (Simic, 1998) to match the …

Anew paradigm of leadership has captured widespread attention. James MacGregor Bums
(1978) conceptualized leadership as either transactional or transformational. Transactional …