Toward a Broader Leadership Development Agenda: Extending the Traditional Transactional–Transformational Duality by Developing Directive, Empowering, and Shared

doi:10.4324/9781410608895-19

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Toward a Broader Leadership Development Agenda: Extending the Traditional Transactional–Transformational Duality by Developing Directive, Empowering, and Shared

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ABSTRACT

Most leadership development efforts currently focus on transactional and transformational leadership and focus narrowly on individuals who occupy formal leadership positions or are being groomed to occupy such positions. In this chapter, we argue that the behavioral focus of leadership development should be expanded to include the development of directive and empowering leadership. We also argue

that followers should be included in leadership development efforts to prepare them to exercise shared leadership (Pearce, 1997, 2002; Pearce & Conger, 2003) in certain team-based work contexts.