Leading organizational change through culture: A model of leader-culture fit

Although there was general recognition that leadership was important for organizational culture, little attention had been paid to interaction between leadership and culture in the existing research. The study presented a model of Leader-Culture fit and showed how a leader impacted organizational change through organizational culture. Unlike the common thought of interactional psychology, we suggested that there was an “optimal incongruence” of values between leader and organization, and it might promote organizational change and growth. The different types of leader- culture fit and their implications for future research and practice were also discussed