Abstract
A BRIEF HISTORY OF LEADERSHIP AND OPEN LEADERSHIP
Leadership is a concept that been debated frequently from past to the present. And leadership is not yet a fully generally accepted recognition. Therefore, research leadership and leadership have kept up to date at all times. Thus various leadership theories and approaches have been developed by researchers. In fact, in general, leadership is the product of a change needs arising from situationality. That is said that every change process requires a leader and leadership in the social sphere. However, the 21st century society is experiencing great progress and changes in speed on technology. And this situation revives to agenda the more recent theories on behalf of leadership. Consequently, the purpose of this review paper is primarily to give a brief history of leadership and developmental stages. And it introduces open leadership as a leadership approach. Therefore, the domestic and foreign publications on the subject were reviewed and assessments were made in accordance with available data.
Keywords
Leadership, history of leadership, open leadership
