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  • Essay / Transactional Leadership and Spiritual Leadership

    This section examines and compares transactional, transformational, servant, ethical, and spiritual leadership to identify differences and overlaps in leadership styles. Jamaludin et al. (2011) conducted a study with political workers to determine whether the attributes of transactional, transformational, and spiritual leadership overlapped, and the results proved that the three leadership styles did not overlap and were distinct. The main differences are that transactional leadership is associated with economic stability, transformational leadership is linked to self-actualization, and spiritual leadership extends beyond self-actualization (Jamaludin et al., 2011). Transactional leadership aims at a relational exchange of expected behavior and performance based on rewards or extrinsic motivation. Transformational leadership inspires its followers to excel by creating a confident, respectful and fulfilling workplace. Spiritual leadership motivates followers through intrinsic motivation such as meaning and purpose, and by reaching beyond the self. The difference between transformational and spiritual leadership is that spiritual leadership requires the leader and follower to come together, fostering a spiritual survival relationship and consciousness, resulting in higher levels of engagement and performance, as well as by employee satisfaction and well-being (Jamaludin et al., 2011). Money isn't always the answer to motivation problems. According to Usman and Danish (2010), communicated spirituality has been attributed to increased organizational performance. The authors studied the relationship between spirituality and job satisfaction in the Pakistani banking sector. The article defines organizational spirituality as an intangible resource that generates benefits such as building...... middle of paper ......Business and Management, 5(3). 185-193. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.brenau.edu:2048/docview/821544137/142FA1988977A96D0D1/11?accountid=0708# Young, ME, Roach, L., Hagedorn, w. B. (2009). Assessment of spirituality and meaning in research and clinical settings. American Counseling Association, retrieved from http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~drbryce/ACA_2009_Spirituality_ and_Meaning_Handouts.pdf Yew, L. K. (2013). Once China catches up, so what? Forbes Magazine. Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/currentevents/2013/09/17/once-china-catches-up-what-thenYusof, JM and Tahir, IM (2011). Spiritual leadership and job satisfaction: A proposed conceptual framework. Information Management and Business Review, 2(6), 239-245. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.proxy1.ncu.edu/docview/876586010?accountid=28180