Development of a private sector version of the (Engaging) Transformational Leadership Questionnaire

Autor: John Alban-Metcalfe, Beverly Alimo-Metcalfe
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Leadership & Organization Development Journal. 28:104-121
ISSN: 0143-7739
DOI: 10.1108/01437730710726813
Popis: Purpose – Notions of leadership change over time. The last two decades have been dominated by US models of “heroic” leadership, based largely on predominately male‐biased samples, which have been focused on studies of “distant” leaders, but these are being challenged by the findings from more recent studies which question the potential dangers of adulating the few “gifted” “charismatic” individuals, not least of which because of the disasters they may cause. In addition, there is a growing interest by organisations of identifying how they can increase “engagement” amongst their employees, since this process appears to contribute significantly to organisational success. This study seeks to replicate an earlier study of “nearby” leadership in UK public sector organisations.Design/methodology/approach – The study gathers qualitative data from a sample of female and male managers at various levels in three UK FTSE100 companies, developing a pilot questionnaire, and then gathering quantitative data from 743 ma...
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