Transactional and Transformational Leadership: A Constructive/Developmental Analysis

Karl W. Kuhnert, Philip Lewis

Academy of Management Review · 1987 · 788 citations · 11 references

Concepts

Abstract

The transactional and transformational theories of leadership developed by Burns (1978) and Bass (1985) are clarified and extended by using a constructive/developmental theory to explain how critical personality differences in leaders lead to either transactional or transformational leadership styles. The distinction between two levels of transactional leadership is expanded, and a three-stage developmental model of leadership is proposed.

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