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Table 1

Leadership as a philosophical attitude

Leadership styles	Leadership and personal development	Leadership motivation and social responsibility	Leadership and the social mission
Moral-oriented leadership	Strengths	Strengths	Strengths
	Supports personal growth through compliance to ethical guidelines and moral integrity	Motivates employees by being a role model and showing social responsibility	Promotes societal progress and contribution to change through moral guidance
	Weaknesses	Weaknesses	Weaknesses
	Employees’ who prioritise own profit might not value a moral-oriented leader’s focus	A moral-oriented leader might struggle to motivate employees with different norms and practices	A moral-oriented leader might struggle balancing diverse and conflicting interests, especially when ethical principles clash with the social mission
Contingency approaches	Strengths	Strengths	Strengths
	Encourages personal development by embracing and integrating individual skills and fostering a sense of ownership	Motivates by recognising and valuing individual differences and fostering an inclusive environment with active engagement	Advances societal progress by promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion
	Weaknesses	Weaknesses	Weaknesses
	Laissez-faire leadership often hinders personal development due to lack of direction and feedback	Laissez-faire leadership may lead to low motivation and social responsibility as employees may feel neglected and unsupported	Laissez-faire leadership can negatively impact the social mission due to lack of organisational direction and leadership

Leadership styles	Leadership and personal development	Leadership motivation and social responsibility	Leadership and the social mission
Moral-oriented leadership	Strengths	Strengths	Strengths
	Supports personal growth through compliance to ethical guidelines and moral integrity	Motivates employees by being a role model and showing social responsibility	Promotes societal progress and contribution to change through moral guidance
	Weaknesses	Weaknesses	Weaknesses
	Employees’ who prioritise own profit might not value a moral-oriented leader’s focus	A moral-oriented leader might struggle to motivate employees with different norms and practices	A moral-oriented leader might struggle balancing diverse and conflicting interests, especially when ethical principles clash with the social mission
Contingency approaches	Strengths	Strengths	Strengths
	Encourages personal development by embracing and integrating individual skills and fostering a sense of ownership	Motivates by recognising and valuing individual differences and fostering an inclusive environment with active engagement	Advances societal progress by promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion
	Weaknesses	Weaknesses	Weaknesses
	Laissez-faire leadership often hinders personal development due to lack of direction and feedback	Laissez-faire leadership may lead to low motivation and social responsibility as employees may feel neglected and unsupported	Laissez-faire leadership can negatively impact the social mission due to lack of organisational direction and leadership

Source(s): Author’s own work