A Phenomenology of Authentic Leadership

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Joshua James Tilley. A Phenomenology of Authentic Leadership. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/3ce73931-493d-4533-a287-418a556142e3?q=2019.

J. J. Tilley. A Phenomenology of Authentic Leadership. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/3ce73931-493d-4533-a287-418a556142e3?q=2019

Joshua James Tilley. A Phenomenology of Authentic Leadership. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/3ce73931-493d-4533-a287-418a556142e3?q=2019.

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Objective: To grasp the characteristics and essence of authentic leadership as seen and experienced through the lives of those who have served under and/or over those they perceive and identify as “authentic” or “high quality” leaders.Method: A literary review and a biblical review were conducted to establish the current scholarship related to authentic leadership. A new phenomenological study was conducted in October of 2018. 12 individuals were interviewed either in person, by phone, or via a video chat.Results: The result was a literary study, a biblical review, and a new phenomenological study of authentic leadership. Conclusions: Through the phenomenology and subsequent qualitative research, the researcher came to the conclusion that authentic leadership is provided, felt, and acted upon in different ways by different people in different cultures, but the one universal essence of authentic leadership is the paradox of “relief” and “peace” preceded by a sense of “anxiety” and “pressure,” which is provoked within the follower by the leader. Trust is built through the process.A model of existential peace is offered to demonstrate this meaning, but no model for creating an authentic leadership is presented as a phenomenology does not provide the groundwork needed to establish such a theory. All cultures represent leadership in different ways, so further research would need to be conducted to create such a model.

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