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Relational Leadership Theory: Exploring the Social Processes of Leadership and Organizing

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While the concept of relationship-oriented behavior has been around since the earliest formal studies of leadership in organizations (Stogdill and Coons, 1957), the term relational leadership is surprisingly new (Brower et al., 2000; Drath, 2001; Murrell, 1997; Uhl-Bien, 2003, 2005). Because of this, its meaning is still uncertain.

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The author would like to thank Russ Marion, Rebecca Grey, Bob Lord, George Graen, Brad Jackson, and four anonymous reviewers for their assistance and suggestions as this article was being developed. This article originally appeared in Leadership Quarterly 17 (2006, pp. 654–676). Republished by permission of the journal and the author.

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Uhl-Bien, M. (2011). Relational Leadership Theory: Exploring the Social Processes of Leadership and Organizing. In: Werhane, P., Painter-Morland, M. (eds) Leadership, Gender, and Organization. Issues in Business Ethics, vol 27. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9014-0_7

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