Discuss six principles of the interactions between leadership and culture.

What will be an ideal response?


First, symbolic leaders recognize that all their actions and statements will convey cultural significance. Second, symbolic leaders tell stories. Third, symbolic leaders capitalize on the significance of rituals. Fourth, symbolic leaders understand the value of historical continuity. Fifth, symbolic leaders use language as a tacit way of shaping meanings and values. Sixth, symbolic leaders recognize identification with organizational values as a form of unobtrusive control of employee behavior.

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