Journal of Management Research

  • Year: 2009
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue: 2

Leading Independent Contractors: A Parallel Power Model

  • Author:
  • Patricia Bush
  • Total Page Count: 11
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 72 to 82

Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas, Texas (USA).

Abstract

Costs associated with turnover in an important group of workers, independent contractors, are identified in order to show the impact of a lack of leadership training for the “point-of-contact” between a firm and its contractors. A new model of leadership utilizing components of Path-Goal Theory, Transformational Leadership, and Creative Leadership is proposed to remedy this situation.

Keywords

Leadership models, independent contractor, courier, virtual worker, freelance-enterpreneur, parallel power leadership