Servant-leadership in organizations: Inspirational and moral

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This paper offers a critical analysis of charismatic leadership (in several guises) because of its absence of moral safeguards. The heightened motivation inspired by charismatic or transformational leadership may override followers' moral misgivings. Many previous writers on the subject have made only passing reference to this inherent danger by noting that charismatic leadership is value-neutral: Mahandas Gandhi, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jesus Christ, Adolph Hitler, Rev. Jim Jones, and Joseph Stalin are all frequently cited as charismatic leaders. This paper goes further by searching out a model of leadership that is both inspirational and moral. Three examples from workplace settings are described to illustrate the new model: servant-leadership. © 1991.

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Graham, J. W. (1991). Servant-leadership in organizations: Inspirational and moral. The Leadership Quarterly, 2(2), 105–119. https://doi.org/10.1016/1048-9843(91)90025-W

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