Comparing Corporate Business and Humanitarian Leadership: Cross-Sectoral Leadership Integration Through Transformational Leadership

Abstract

This paper conducts a comparative assessment of corporate business and humanitarian leadership. It also examines how transformational leadership theory can be used to help facilitate cross-sectoral collaboration. Considering the COVID-19 pandemic, the study is interested in studying two different cases: Pfizer as a corporate entity and UNICEF as a humanitarian organization. Using a secondary research design, the research compares how each organization responded to the crisis by applying transformational leadership components: idealized influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, and individualized consideration. Findings show that transformational leadership bridges the gap between business efficiencies and humanitarians' humanity. In doing so, the study points to the opportunity for corporate innovation working with humanitarian values, thus strengthening how global crisis response is carried out. The study recommended that measures need to be incorporated into policy development to ensure that social responsibility projects are accounted for in global health crises.
Keywords: Transformational Leadership, Cross-Sector Collaboration, Corporate Leadership, Humanitarian Leadership