ABSTRACT

A major assumption for both leadership researchers and practitioners is that the relationship between leaders and followers is the pivotal concern for leadership. Viewing leadership through the lens of responsibility, however, changes the pivotal relationship substantially. The principal relationship concern becomes the relationship between leaders and their stakeholders. To better understand this relationship the article seeks to explore the question: Leadership for what purpose? The article offers an initial answer to this question by looking at the responsibilities of those who lead in the corporate world. In particular, we argue that leaders need to give primary attention to what they seek to achieve, why, for whom, and where. In this way the article seeks to (re)centre the concerns of leadership scholarship to address the challenges and responsibilities of those who seek to lead. The article offers an inter-disciplinary theory rooted in an inter-complementary perspective on capitalism, purpose and responsibility that enables organizational leaders to understand how the fiduciary duty of generating value for shareholders can be aligned with other stakeholder interests including employees, communities, societies, the environment and indeed humanity. This theory we describe as the ‘The theory of Good Dividends’.

摘要

领导者研究人员和实践者的主要假设是，领导者和追随者之间的关系是领导力的关键问题。然而，从责任的角度看待领导力，将极大地改变关键关系。主要的关系问题成为领导者与其利益相关者之间的关系。为了更好地理解这种关系，本文试图探讨以下问题：领导力有什么目的？本文通过查看职责为这个问题提供了初步答案。领导企业界的人。特别是，我们认为领导者需要首先关注他们寻求实现的目标，原因，目标和目标。通过这种方式，本文旨在（重新）集中领导力奖学金的关注点，以解决寻求领导者的挑战和责任。本文提供了一种跨学科的理论，该理论植根于关于资本主义，宗旨和责任的互补观点，使组织领导者能够理解为股东创造价值的信托义务如何与其他利益相关者利益（包括员工，社区，社会，环境，乃至人类。我们将此理论描述为“红利理论”。