Dual-power Leadership Components: A Meta-Synthesis Study

The subject of dual-power leadership is one of the approaches that has recently entered the field of management and leadership and can best stimulate and direct innovation; because it is able to simultaneously apply the exploration and exploitation skills needed for the innovation process. These leaders sometimes use the past experiences for their reactions or decisions and use these experiences as important and crucial resources to maintain and survive their business (Exploitation). This is while they know that they need to have a look at the future in order to adapt effectively in a highly competitive market for resource conservation (Exploration). The topics discussed in this area have recently entered management and leadership literature, and there are no comprehensive models and theories in this field. The purpose of the present research was to identify the components of dual-power leadership based on the studies conducted in this field, and was carried out in a meta-synthesis method. The findings of the research indicated that the dual-power leadership was categorized in three dimensions: Organizational dimension with various components such as organizational capacity-building, influence on others, responsibility, strategy implementation, mastery over the whole organization and organizational characteristics; Environmental dimension with elements such as strategic thinking, foresight, path analysis, and attention to market and customer; and individual dimension with different components of individual capacity development, wisdom and creativity.