AN EVALUATION OF CONCEPTUAL WEAKNESSES TRANSFORMATIONAL AND CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP THEORIES
Theories of transformational and charismatic leadership provide important insights about the
nature of effective leadership. However, most of the theories have conceptual weaknesses that
reduce their capacity to explain effective leadership. The conceptual weaknesses are identified
here and refinements are suggested. The issue of compatibility between transformational and
charismatic leadership is also discussed. Finally, some methodological problems involving construct
validation and theory testing are identified, and suggestions for future research are provided.