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democratic leadership  

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  • A style of leadership that assigns individual rights and privileges to all parties in a group or organization as the followers are engaged by a leader to achieve goals. Democratic leadership encour ages participation by all parties engaged in similar pur suits and requires equitable distribution of both power and responsibility. [Source: The SAGE Glossary of the Social and Behavioral Sciences; Democratic Leadership]

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