This paper presents the development of a Symbolic Interactional Leadership model. The model integrates three emergent streams of thought, symbolic action, reciprocal interactions, and interactionalpsychology, into afresh approach which offers considerable advancement over simple, unidirectional, bivariate, static models. Implications for future theory and research are discussed.
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