Effective Leadership Types.
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Effective Leadership Types - The types of leadership that have been characterized as effective leadership for the 21st century. A type of leadership style that has been characterized as being effective in post 1980's years is the control and command style. In today?s society, Charismatic Leadership and Transformational Leadership are the predominantly researched types. Much of the leadership literature in the period from 1950 to 1980 was concerned with supervisors and middle management (Yukl, 2002). Behavioral theories that were the predominant model to measure effective leadership made way for The New Leadership theories representing the effectiveness of Charismatic and Transformational Leadership. Yukl (1999) states that theories of transformational and charismatic leadership provide important insights about the nature of effective leadership. Hunt (1999) states that the increasing disillusionment with leadership research?s value provided a strong impetus for a paradigm shift to new leadership in the 1980's. This brought into play an increasing range of...


