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A Historical Survey of the Leadership of Julius Caesar

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  • 2012, (35), pp.459-489
  • Publisher : Institute for Historical Studies at Chung-Ang University
  • Research Area : Humanities > History

Kim Kyung Hyun 1

1고려대학교

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ABSTRACT

Along the same line of Shakespeare’s statement that Caesar will eternally remain as one of greatest leaders of the world, most of people in this world would agree to the fact that Caesar was a very successful leader. Caesar’s life story cannot be summarized by one or two books. Rather, it itself is literally, enormous history. Therefore his life story is a tempting historical challenge for historians, even to those who have long lost interest to topics related to the lives of individuals. Ironically, this in fact made studies concerning Caesar more obscure. Researchers in the rapidly growing field of leadership research are also interested in Caesar. However, if they are not based on facts, such researches may turn this historical figure into that of a fictional legend. Therefore, it can be said that examining Caesar within the frames of leadership would be a meaningful process. Most leadership studies focus on Caesar’s characteristics and behavior styles. It cannot be denied that Caesar distinguished himself in these two categories. However, as previous leadership studies point out, the trait theory and the behavior theory of leadership fails to underline the concrete link between a leader and the validity of his leadership. That is because such studies focus only on the leader, undermining the importance of the followers(members) of the leader who forms one of the axis of an organization or a society. Therefore, there is a need to shed light on the relationship of Caesar and his followers. I intended to evaluate Caesar’s leadership using the terms the transactional leadership and the formational leadership, which have been introduced since the 1980’s. Caesar was a very talented figure when it came to the subject of exhibiting the traditional transactional leadership. However, even though when it was evident that this was not enough, he failed to develop his leadership into what is known as the formational leadership. It resulted in him being murdered by his subordinates, a cruel fate for a man to face.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.
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