As we know that grassroots leadership and transformational leadership have the similarities in terms of its goals, the framework. However, is it suitable to mention grassroots leadership and transformational leadership under the same themes in a literature review? Since grassroots leadership is more leaning towards bottom-top leadership and in a smaller community or group while transformational leadership is learning towards to top-bottom leadership and being in larger organisation.
Yes, grassroots leadership can be interrelated with transformational leadership. Grassroots leadership can be seen as a more localized form of transformational leadership, where the focus is on empowering and inspiring people to create change within their communities. Both types of leadership work toward similar goals of growth, empowerment, and positive change.
I believe yes.
As Transformational Leadership (whilst top-down) relies on understanding individual member values and motivators, there are potential overlaps into motivation theory and leadership models that consider distributed, constellation, and/or followship-led contexts - including Grassroots.
Seeing leadership as a relational model rather than a process or hierarchy can open other connections to consider in a critical analysis of the models, also.
Absolutely! Only if there are organizational mechanisms to allow for "bottom up" feedback and influence.
Contrary to popular belief, culture is formed and thrives ( or dies) at the grassroots or street level in most organizations. It is within those tactical Teams where " stuff gets done" and culture is formed. Positive cultures breed break thru "can do" momentum and in many cases favorable performance.