study leadership one has to first define the term. Early definitions, such as that of Thomas Carlyle, states that a “hero sometimes stands for an actual leader of men” (Carlyle, 1841). Meredith Belbin later describes leadership as involving “finding a way forward appropriate to the problem and issues of the times and successfully engaging others in the process” (Belbin, quoted in Carpenter, 2002: 36). Gary Yukl concludes that “most definitions of leadership reflect the assumption that it involves a…
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