Multiple choice general knowledge

Which leadership guru coined the term 'transformational leadership'?

  1. Pradep Sindhu

  2. Phillip Kotlar

  3. Samuel A Dipiazza

  4. James MacGregor Burns
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Explanation

James MacGregor Burns introduced the concept of 'transformational leadership' in his 1978 book 'Leadership'. He distinguished between transformational leaders (who inspire followers to achieve extraordinary outcomes) and transactional leaders (who focus on exchanges and rewards). Burns was a political scientist and presidential biographer who developed this influential leadership theory that has been widely adopted in organizational psychology and management studies.

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