Organizational Culture Management

Organizational Culture Management

Exploring the Traits and Behaviors of Spiritual Leaders by Using Adaptive Neural-Fuzzy Systems

Document Type : Research Article

Authors
Seyed Mahdi Alvani 1
Gholam Reza Memarzadeh Tehran 2
Hossein Kazemi 3
1 Professor in Public Administration, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran
2 Associate Professor in Public Administration, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
3 Assistant Prof. in Public Administration, Vali-e-asr University, Rafsanjani, Iran
10.22059/jomc.2013.36083
Abstract
In last decade, with the entry of spirituality in organizational and management
research, Spirituality leadership, also, has attracted a considerable amount of attention.
In this study, with a developmental approach and after using experts' opinions and
literature for identifying leaders' spiritual traits and behaviors, we aim to model them
using adaptive neural-fuzzy inference systems. Empirical data collected from some
public agencies show that leader's self-awareness, altruism, virtue, spiritual intelligence
and employee empowerment, and a lower level of visioning, role modeling and
fairness behavior, can increase leadership effectiveness. Citizen participation, only in
particular situations, can be a proper instrument for gaining leadership effectiveness.
Keywords
Adaptive neural-fuzzy systems
Leadership effectiveness
Spiritual leader
Spiritual leadership