EDD723 – Normative Leadership Theories Evaluation

Normative Leadership Theories Evaluation

EDD/723 v6

According to Johnson (2021), normative leadership is generally regarded as the capacity of leaders to set norms of behaviors for the organizations in which they lead. In other words, normative leadership is about perceptions of how a leader should act opposed to how leaders act. In the text, normative leadership theories are explicitly built on moral principles or norms and provide guidelines for promoting ethical leader behavior (p. 403).

Research the normative leadership theories (transformational, servant, authentic, aesthetic, benevolent, and ethical leadership) from Ch. 8 of Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership: Casting Light or Shadow.

Complete Parts 1 and 2 below to evaluate each of these theories.

Part 1: Normative Leadership Theories Tables

Include at least 6 peer-reviewed scholarly sources (one per theory) to support the information in each table.

Format your citations and references according to APA guidelines.

Transformational Leadership

Servant Leadership

Authentic Leadership

Aesthetic Leadership

Benevolent Leadership

Ethical Leadership

Part 2: Summary

Write a 175-word summary that illustrates which theory best describes you as a leader, including how your evaluation of each theory added to your understanding and practice of ethical leadership.