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transformational leadership  

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  • Transformational leadership is the process whereby a leader fosters group or organizational performance beyond expectation by virtue of the strong emotional attachment with his or her followers combined with the collective commitment to a higher moral cause. For the past 30 years, transformational leadership has been the single most studied and debated idea within the field of leadership studies. [Source: International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies; Leadership, Transformational]

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