What Can Moses Teach Organizations’ Leaders About Fatherly Love

Moshe Banai () and Claude-Hélène Mayer ()
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Moshe Banai: Baruch College
Claude-Hélène Mayer: University of Johannesburg

Humanistic Management Journal, 2024, vol. 9, issue 1, No 4, 75-93

Abstract: Abstract This study proposes that Moses’ agape and storge love of his people was the motivation for his adoption of fatherly leadership style. The study relies on a direct reading of Hebrew language version of the relevant books of the Old Testament. We provide examples that anchor Moses fatherly leadership style in biblical texts, and reference it to modern leadership thoughts and practical wisdom. Moses’ traits, such as humility, gratitude, forgiveness, and altruism, and his unparalleled grit provided him with the capabilities required to perform as a father leader. This leadership style is characterized by availability (awareness), building community, commitment to the growth of people, disciplining, foresight, healing, involvement, listening, persuasion, providing, relinquishing control, role modeling, showing empathy, stewardship (serving), supporting, and teaching. We provide leaders with a list of fatherly leadership behaviors that lacks the authoritarian component of eastern paternalistic leadership style, and that may be well practiced in the health care, social work, education, sport management and other people service industries.

Keywords: Agape; Altruism; Fatherly love; Forgiveness; Gratitude; Humility; Moses (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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