The Impact of Symbolic Leadership Style on Followers in Organizations

Abstract

Leading an organization in a competitive environment requires leaders to have a clear vision and direction on how to maintain and develop the organization. It has been stated that the global geopolitical situation in the twenty-first century is changing and requires businesses to create new organizational paradigms to meet and thrive with changing circumstances, technology, and globalization. This paper intends to discuss the impact of symbolic leadership style on followers in organizations. Specifically, it describes what symbolic leadership is, discusses the impact of the practice of symbolic leadership style on followers in organizations, provides useful theoretical and practical implications for managers, and suggests directions for future research.