The Architecture
of Leadership.
A seven-report doctoral research series examining the major frameworks of ethical leadership — servant, transformational, authentic, and beyond — through historical, psychological, and philosophical lenses. Produced as part of the Ethical Leadership PhD Program at St. Thomas University.
Research Portfolio
Each report examines a distinct leadership framework through historical, psychological, and philosophical lenses. Click a title to read the full formatted report or listen to the narrated audiobook version.
An examination of servant leadership through historical, psychological, and philosophical lenses — tracing its deep roots in pre-agrarian forager societies, ubuntu philosophy, and Confucian ethics; analyzing its psychological mechanisms through self-determination theory, prosocial motivation, and emotional intelligence; and grounding it philosophically in Aristotelian virtue ethics, Levinasian radical responsibility, Kantian respect for persons, and ubuntu relational ontology.
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Each report in The Architecture of Leadership series will be published here as it is completed. Reports are added as doctoral coursework progresses through the program.
The Architecture of Leadership — Series Roadmap
About the
PhD Research Portfolio
These reports are produced as part of the Ethical Leadership PhD Program at St. Thomas University — a doctoral program examining leadership theory, organizational ethics, and the philosophical foundations of authority and service.
Each report in the Architecture of Leadership series applies a consistent three-lens methodology — historical, psychological, and philosophical — to build a cumulative, multi-dimensional understanding of ethical leadership across its major frameworks.
Reports are shared here as part of a commitment to transparent scholarship and open intellectual inquiry. They represent doctoral coursework, not peer-reviewed publications.