ABSTRACT
This chapter examines various theories of leadership of such major theorists as Michael Fullan, Max Weber, Chris Hodgkinson, James Collins, and Thomas Sergiovanni, in respect to how they distinguish and categorize different types of leadership. It is found that although these theorists have various definitions of leadership, administration, and management, when they must distinguish types of leadership, they invariably place leadership over administration and management, and state that the moral imperative of leadership is the most significant and highest level of leadership, as compared to technical-rational leadership. There are some differences in perceiving whether professional leadership is close to or a part of moral leadership, but the moral imperative of professional leadership is at the core of leadership, which is the source of insight and foresight, and will provide vision and direction that would attract followership and transformational leadership. After review of major leadership theories in the West, the author has found that this is also the essence of leadership ideas in Confucian philosophies, thus concluding that both Eastern and Western leadership emphasizes moral leadership.
