Author:
Langhof Jan Gunter,Güldenberg Stefan
Abstract
Purpose
Management literature commonly suggests authoritarian leadership (AL) as the ideal leadership style during crises and extreme situations. This study aims to question this view, exploring servant leadership (SL) as an alternative.
Design/methodology/approach
In the field of leadership research, surveys and interviews are the most dominant research methods. In light of this dominance, this paper draws on a rather unorthodox research approach: a historical examination.
Findings
The elaborations in this paper suggest that SL exerts a higher influence on followers than AL, when organizational structures are absent or disregarded. Consequently, the higher influence of SL implies a lower need for regulations and directives within organizations.
Practical implications
Bureaucracy and red tape can be reduced. Particularly in situations of crises, SL’s relatively reduced reliance on formalized organizational structures can be advantageous to leaders.
Originality/value
The relationship among leadership (SL and AL) and formalized organizational structures is elaborated and illustrated in a historical examination.
Subject
History and Philosophy of Science,General Business, Management and Accounting
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