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and throughout the state to address community health issues (Mycek,<br />

1998).<br />

Leadership Selection<br />

The numerous issues that face healthcare executives challenges us to<br />

consider just what type of leader chooses to guide an organization through<br />

this maze. Since the mid 1800s, researchers have attempted to determine<br />

the required traits, characteristics, or styles that leaders require to guide<br />

effectively highly complex organizations (MacGregor Burns, 2003).<br />

Leadership theory in the last half of the 2oth century largely focused on the<br />

interaction between (1) leader and follower and (2) leader in the context of<br />

organizational or societal needs (Avolio & Bass, 1999; Bass, 1999; Bennis<br />

& Nanus, 1985; Goleman, Boyatzis, & McKee, 2002; Heifetz, 1994; Howell<br />

& Avolio, 1993; Kirkpatrick & Locke, 1996; Kotter, 1996; MacGregor<br />

Burns, 2003; Tichy & Devanna, 1986; Yammarino, 2001; Yukl, 1989). One<br />

theory that has received particular attention is that of transformational<br />

leadership.<br />

Transformational leadership style is believed by its proponents to be<br />

the most effective in leading today's organizations. This type of leadership<br />

aligns the organizational vision and goals with those of the individual<br />

employee or subordinate (Bass, 1990; MacGregor Burns, 2003). The<br />

vision and values of the organization are powerfully communicated by<br />

transformational leaders, and the individual's daily work is readily

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