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Clarifying Leadership: High-impact Leaders in a Time of Leadership Crisis

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  • Franco GANDOLFI

    (Georgetown University)

  • Seth STONE

    (Regent University)

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Leadership has become an increasingly difficult, complex, and multi-faceted topic in today's globalized world. New questions and challenges continue to emerge with regard to the most effective style of leading organizations and people through the 21st Century. While leadership may be seen as one of the most over-researched topics, it remains one of the most misunderstood business phenomena of our time. This conceptual research paper addresses various leadership definitions, presents an operational definition of leadership based on five criteria, categorizes and showcases some of the known attributes of highly effective leaders, and builds a case for servant leadership. The paper posits that, despite a myriad of available leadership styles and methods that have emerged, servant leadership, a philosophical position based upon the leader serving first, may have the capacity to generate positive outcomes for all stakeholders involved.

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  • Franco GANDOLFI & Seth STONE, 2016. "Clarifying Leadership: High-impact Leaders in a Time of Leadership Crisis," REVISTA DE MANAGEMENT COMPARAT INTERNATIONAL/REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVE MANAGEMENT, Faculty of Management, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 17(3), pages 212-224, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:rom:rmcimn:v:17:y:2016:i:3:p:212-224
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    1. Sandra Gutierrez-Wirsching & Jacqueline Mayfield & Milton Mayfield & Wei Wang, 2015. "Motivating language as a mediator between servant leadership and employee outcomes," Management Research Review, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 38(12), pages 1234-1250, December.
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    Keywords

    leadership; leadership styles; servant leadership; effectiveness.;
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    JEL classification:

    • M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation
    • M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility

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