Bhagwan, Dharmesh Natvarlal2024-02-152024-02-152023-10-31Bhagwan, D.N. 2023. A survey on benevolent leadership and its influence on organisational performance in the South African context. Biotika. 54(5): 10-27 (18).2410-9290https://hdl.handle.net/10321/5145Corporate scandals, the deepening global financial and environmental crisis as well as other societal ills have compelled leaders to rethink leadership styles. Recently benevolent leadership has emerged as a contemporary leadership style with promise to advance business ethics, corporate social responsibility, positive organizational building and workplace spirituality. Guided by quantitative research methodology, with a cross-sectional survey research design, 314 leaders were recruited across South Africa, to investigate the characteristics of benevolent leaders and how their leadership style influenced organizational performance. The study found a high level of benevolent leadership qualities and characteristics, amongst the sample, which consequently influenced their organizational performance in the areas of employee morale, productivity and corporate social responsibility.18 pOnlineenBenevolentLeadershipEthicsOrganizational performanceArticle2024-02-13