SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP

Abstract

Leadership, which has a difficult explanation with a single definition, is an inevitable fact to discuss because the most important source of the organizations is human. The characteristics of the leadership need to be customized in order to integrate people’s efforts for a common purpose and to ensure the continuity of this. The spiritual leadership that arises within the scope of organizational needs is seen as a need for both the leadership and the followers (Jamaludin, 2011, p. 77). In this study, document analysis method was used. Spiritual leadership term was defined and the characteristics of the spiritual leaders were mentioned. In addition, the outputs of spiritual leadership for the benefit of both the organization and the employees were discussed.