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JOURNAL OF LEADERSHIP, ACCOUNTABILITY AND ETHICS
Transformational Leadership in the Context of Punctuated Change
Author(s): Leslie L. McKnight
Citation: Leslie L. McKnight, (2013) "Transformational Leadership in the Context of Punctuated Change," Journal of Leadership, Accountability and Ethics, Vol. 10, Iss. 2, pp. 103 - 112
Article Type: Research paper
Publisher: North American Business Press
Abstract:
Empirical studies are just beginning to link the dynamics of transformational leadership to the context of
organization networks, group dynamics, performance, and effectiveness. There still exist few studies that
link transformational leadership to change management theories in order to discover which change
environments are more receptive to transformational leadership. This literature review will examine
transformational leadership and change management theories to identify leadership traits beneficial to
continuous change and radical, punctuated change. Interestingly, punctuated change is juxtaposed to
continuous change given its disruption of inertia, dismantling of deep structures, and ability to transform
organizations. A transformational leadership model is developed that frames 6 transformational
leadership traits conducive in punctuated, revolutionary change.
