Strategic Leadership: Values, Styles, and Organizational Performance. (November 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Carter, Suzanne M.; Greer, Charles R.
• Other Names: Dess Gregory G. guest-editor.; Peng Mike W. guest-editor.; Lei David guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Journal of leadership & organizational studies. Volume 20:Number 4(2013)
• Page Start: 375
• Page End: 393
• Publication Date: 2013-11
• Subjects: strategic management -- strategic leadership -- leadership styles -- values -- organizational performance; Leadership -- Periodicals; Management -- Periodicals; Organization -- Periodicals; 658.4092
• DOI: 10.1177/1548051812471724
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1548-0518

Abstract

Strategic leaders are being challenged by stakeholder demands that organizations meet triple bottom line performance measures. Nonetheless, there is a paucity of empirical research on how strategic leaders' values and leadership styles are related to such measures. We describe values and established and evolving leadership styles and review the results of empirical studies investigating their relationship with organizational performance. Gaps in our knowledge of such relationships are identified and suggestions for future research are provided. A continuum of leadership styles, from transactional through responsible, is developed using the dimensions of stakeholder salience and economic, social, and environmental performance outcomes.