Previous studies have observed a “falling dominoes effect”, whereby transformational leadership at high levels in a managerial hierarchy appears to cascade to lower levels. This paper presents a counterpoint to such observations by means of a case study which shows that the effect may be...

States that two goal orientations may be held by individuals: a performance goal and a learning goal (Ames and Archer, 1988; Dweck and Leggett, 1988). The much‐discussed learning organisation requires individuals either to possess or to develop a learning orientation. Leadership theorists (Bass, 1985;...