Leadership with authority tied to tradition
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Traditional authority is a form of leadership in which the authority of an organization or a regime is largely tied to tradition or custom. Reasons for the given state of affairs include belief that tradition is inherently valuable and a more general appeal to tradition.[1]
- ^ Reinhard Bendix, Max Weber: an intellectual portrait, University of California Press, 1977, p.295