Kanungo and Mendonca underscored one of the salient dimensions of leadership, which
is the ability of leaders to influence the beliefs and values that form the culture and
behavioral standards in an organization. Recognizing this influential capability of
leadership, Kanungo and Mendonca concluded that leadership “is indeed the soul of the
organization” (p. 3). An organization of any kind, certainly, needs leadership for its
survival and achievement of its goal.