Distinguishing Power from Leadership [ READ ]
Sultan Gashgari
This paper looks at five published articles that account for results from an investigation carried out about the definition of power and how it differs from leadership. The articles touch on different aspects of power and leadership. Bolden, for instance, tackles the aspect of distributed leadership and further notes that leadership can be distributed, but power cannot. On the other hand, Krause opines that there are various bases of power and a leader uses his/her position to extract the required action from juniors to achieve a certain objective. Further, Lunenberg puts forward the scrutiny that power is interconnected to how one is able to put forth control. He argues that leadership and power are inextricable and vital towards attaining an indispensable outcome. Finally, Shuh et al. observe that leaders encompass different motivations in how much they want to put forth authority. Concisely, these articles suggest that all aspects of power and leadership should be studied in order to fully understand their definitions, the relationship between them, and how they differ.
Sultan Gashgari
This paper looks at five published articles that account for results from an investigation carried out about the definition of power and how it differs from leadership. The articles touch on different aspects of power and leadership. Bolden, for instance, tackles the aspect of distributed leadership and further notes that leadership can be distributed, but power cannot. On the other hand, Krause opines that there are various bases of power and a leader uses his/her position to extract the required action from juniors to achieve a certain objective. Further, Lunenberg puts forward the scrutiny that power is interconnected to how one is able to put forth control. He argues that leadership and power are inextricable and vital towards attaining an indispensable outcome. Finally, Shuh et al. observe that leaders encompass different motivations in how much they want to put forth authority. Concisely, these articles suggest that all aspects of power and leadership should be studied in order to fully understand their definitions, the relationship between them, and how they differ.
