Authentic Transformational Leadership and Empowerment in Organization Context - A Review of Literature

Abstract

: Whether in the government organizations, private sector, or not-for-profits, barely a day ends without the media highlighting on unethical, inauthentic conduct of a leader. Within the leadership literature, not much attention has been paid to Authentic transformational leadership. And the limited literature available covers very few contexts. The purpose of this conceptual paper is to explore how authentic transformational leadership could lead to authentic transformational leadership and the empowerment of individuals, organizations, and communities at large. The paper analyses existing conceptual, theoretical, and empirical studies and raise a number of immerging issues that are used to present a new theoretical model appropriate for the development and application of the Authentic transformational leadership construct and its resulting outcomes, specifically, empowerment. Three theories that have informed the study are transformative paradigm, empowerment theory, and participatory theory. The paper further recommends an integrated theoretical framework for exploring Authentic Transformational Leadership and enhancing empowerment while recognizing the significant role played by religion, credible and cooperative environment in the context of the twenty-first-century organization. situational leadership, path-goal leadership, the 'Leader-member exchange (LMX) theory, transformational leadership, authentic leadership, servant Leadership, adaptive leadership focuses and team leadership.