What Makes It Difficult to Use the Term Transformational Leadership

question 95

Multiple Choice

What makes it difficult to use the term transformational leadership when referencing leaders such as Saddam Hussein and Adolf Hitler?

• A) Transformational leadership focuses on the leader's own interests.
• B) Hussein and Hitler had no redeeming qualities.
• C) Transformational leadership is effective; Hussein and Hitler's leadership styles were not.
• D) Transformational leadership includes transforming, but only in a positive way.

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Definitions:

Conscientious

Describes a person who is diligent, well-organized, dependable, and responsible.

Scrupulous

Being very attentive to details and concerned about doing things precisely correct, often with a strong sense of moral integrity.

Oedipus Complex

A concept in psychoanalytic theory which describes a child's feelings of desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy and rivalry with the same-sex parent.

Social Interest

Our innate potential to cooperate with other people to achieve personal and societal goals.