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Amoral Leaders are one of the two overarching leadership types described by Burns (1978), the other being moral leaders. For Burns, the amoral leader was an oxymoron in that he believed that power wielding individuals cannot be transformation or transactional leaders.
Burns also believed that moral leaders were sensitive to the needs of the followers, while amoral leaders disregard the beliefs of the follower. He believed that amoral leaders rule followers and gain power through coercion and fear.
Burns believed that moral leaders were diametrically opposed to amoral leaders and that only moral leaders had a higher purpose in life. Finally, Burns rejected the notion that amoral leaders were really leaders at all and specifically rejected some of the more notorious rulers of the past as being true leaders.
Other forms of this term include - amoral leadership, amoral leaders |
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