Top Research Papers on Leadership

Leadershift looks at how to lead in the web 2.0 Age. The impact of social networks and mass collaboration means many leadership styles are now outdated. This book considers how to lead this new community.Leadershift is about adapting and changing traditional models of leadership in response to the influence of mass collaboration. Mass collaboration is a form of collective action which occurs when large numbers of people work independently on a single project, exemplified by websites such as YouTube, Facebook and Second Life. As the traditional models of working are radically altered those in l...

The paper identifies the control and management of HIV/AIDS as well as the enhancement of National Health Insurance Scheme coverage in third world countries as critical health issues that can be strengthened through the adoption of the leadership paradigm of utilitarianism.

The military leadership is a specific type of activity, presenting motivational, emotional and intellectual chellenges to the character of a military leader. The United States Army defines leadership as 'the process of influencing people by providing purpose, direction, and motivation while operating to accomplish the mission and inproving the organization' (Department of the Army 2006, pp. 1-2).The United States Air Force (USAF) has the similar definition of leadership: 'the art and science of influencing and directing people to accomplish the assigned mission' (Department of the Air Force 20...

This article addresses the traditional view of leader (ship) and follower (ship) as separate persons and processes in leadership research. Attempts have been made to depersonalize leadership and followership by taking leaders out of leadership and followers out of followership, which is to say that leaders and followers are myth and do not exist as separate identities. The traditional views of leaders and followers as static persons and functions as well as leadership and followership as separate processes have been challenged by the depersonalized or person-less concepts of leadship and follo...

Challenges the notion that leadership is about control by strong personalities. Draws on theories of organizational change to show the part leadership plays and how it needs to change to enable organizations to transform themselves to compete most effectively in the modern economy. In particular, how leadership can and should enable the organization to run efficiently from day to day and establish a solid base for empowerment, growth and development. Comments on the use of coaching in leadership

Research on leadership has become a prominent scholarly and professional pursuit in an ever-changing, highly complex, and multi-dimensional globalized world. In spite of an over-abundance of scientific and anecdotal work, a myriad of leadership-related questions have remained unanswered. The purpose of this conceptual paper is to demystify leadership and to bring clarity to what leadership and leadership styles are, identify critical attributes of effective leadership, and demonstrate that servant leadership meets the criteria for effective leadership.

This study aimed to understand how leadership effectiveness of the trainer in a leadership development program can influence emerging leaders’ development and effectiveness. We hypothesized that the trainer’s leadership effectiveness would be a boundary condition. In this two year longitudinal field study, military cadets’ leadership effectiveness from their emergence as informal peer leaders during basic training through the officer training course (OTC) to their formal leadership roles as active duty officers was followed. The sample included 854 cadets and their 72 trainers. We found that c...

Given the fundamental contradictions of the current phase of the South African revolution, it should be our determination to resolve such contradictions which must give content to the kind of leadership that must guide our society towards a better future.

Leader ship versus Management : Although some managers are able to influence followers to work toward the achievement of organizational goals, the conferring of formal authority upon a manager does not necessarily make that individual a leader. Yes, that individual has authority, but whether or not they are able to influence their subordinates may depend on more that just that authority. Not all leaders are managers, and similarly, not all managers are leaders. Within a team environment, manager and leader are simply roles taken on by members of the team. Most teams require a manager to "manag...

In recent years, leadership training for school administrators has become equated with knowledge of or the learning of a set of hard skills or competencies and an internship period that may or may not include activities reflective of the overarching position of the principalship. What seems to be missing with increasing regularity in training programs are the skills and abilities of leaders to problem-solve difficult situations competently. And while the national exam for leadership (the PRAXIS) requires problem-solving skills, many of our leadership programs do not adequately train in this ma...

Motivation is the greatest power on earth. It moves men and mountains. It puts robots on Mars. But the difference in its power is the force that drives that power - the motivation of the leader. Herein is the risk in leadership.

Humans are social beings and they must be found within the community to meet their individual needs. It is not possible to meet all the demands and needs of people by coming together. They also need a person who can organize and evoke them for the sake of an aim. These individuals are the people who have leadership qualities. When it is taken into consideration that each source can be reached with the impact of globalization, the employees who take part in the competition between companies are an effective competitive tool for business.Enterprises, in which individuals whose personal nee...

There is no doubt that leaders can foster a climate and culture of entrepreneurial leadership within their organisations, but creating an organisation of entrepreneurial leaders at every level takes a focused, concerted and long term effort to shape the organisation's structures and processes. If the systems and processes that support the taking of initiative are not in place, then it will never take root.

Since 2008, the Florida Public Health Review (FPHR) has published student essays that attempt to illustrate how the application of specific leadership paradigms might, in theory, be applied to address some nagging and ongoing problems in public health and related endeavors.

Leadership potential is now one of the most desirable traits in candidates applying for a job or promotion (Church, 2014), and experimental evidence proposes that leadership potential is preferable to previous leadership performance in leadership candidates (Tormala, Jia, & Norton, 2012). Reports suggests that it is possible for men to progress on their future leadership potential whereas women progress on their past leadership performance (Catalyst, 2013; McKinsey, 2012). However, this has yet to be empirically tested and very little is known about the social and psychological processes behin...

Those who mean to lead in the 21st century face daunting challenges. Africa, and the world, need to develop leaders who will be known less for what they say and more for what they deliver, less by their title and position and more by their expertise and competence, less by what they control and more by the mindsets they develop and shape, both by their personal integrity and for exceptional organisational abilities. And this kind of leadership is not a myth or an impossible ideal. It exists in Africa.

Jack Welch is acclaimed by the business world and the press "the number one CEO of the world" and "the greatest business leader of the 20th century".Under his leadership,Welch,a perfect example of "super-leaders," helped American General Electric Company achieve its enterprise transformation and create a big economic wonder,and this thesis is a systematic study of his leadership skills.

yy yyal** al** al** al** al** N an increasingly chaotic world of today’s national and international scenario if any organization intends to function ‘efficiently’ and ‘effectively’ and survive and grow over a period of time, then it has essentially to be a ‘Learning Organisation’. What is or What the Learning Organization looks like, we find no single view point. Even so, the learning organization could be defined “as one in which everyone is engaged in identifying and solving problems, enabling the organization to continuously experiment, change, and improve, and thus, increasing its capacity...

This article describes research on system and school leadership from three perspectives. At the system level, leadership was evident at the senior levels of the central and regional systems, with principal network leaders having potential to exercise occasional leadership. Principals tended not to operate as system leaders because they had limited influence across multiple schools. At a regional level, it was clear that directors acted as system level leaders, exerting wide influence on clusters of schools to improve. At a school level, the work of the principal, other school leaders, and crit...

The nexus of legacy and leadership is an understudied area. Drawing on the legacy of leadership researcher, Professor Ken Parry, and incorporating several well supported themes of the phenomenon of leadership, the similarities between legacy and leadership are explored. Key themes include followership, sensemaking, change, context, the social influence process, and leadership as artifact.

Abstract There are many types of leadership but little known is parent leadership – how parental skills are applied to the workplace. Libraries depend more on soft skills that facilitate work and advance an organization. How individuals work together in an organization is just as critical as the work they accomplish. This depends on the ability of employees to develop and utilize their soft skills complementing their technical skills and expertise. As leaders focus more on behavior, they may tap into their parenting techniques in order to coach, guide, direct, and resolve conflicts. While a le...

People in leadership positions in early childhood services have multifaceted jobs. Underpinning all aspects of their leadership is the need to act ethically and to lead their team to do likewise. In this paper it is argued that acting ethically is not enough, particularly in a climate of change and challenge. Leaders are called on to reconceptualise their ideas about the importance of the ethical agenda to all aspects of their work. They are prompted to show conceptual leadership by not only leading ethically but also finding ways in which they can move the ethical agenda in Australia forward....

Abstract : This report summarizes the major findings of a 20-year program of research on the role and function of cognitive resources in organizational performance. Although there is no generally accepted definition of the term, leadership experience is one of the most important factors in selection and promotion decisions. In common usage, experience most often refers to time in service (TIS) at an organization, a job, or occupation (e.g., "How long have you been a manager here?"). Other definitions may also refer to diversity, richness, or relevance of previous jobs. However, all definitions...

This paper examines the ontological perspective of leadership and leadership education. Leadership as proposed by Maxfield, Broomé, & Fisher (2015) in the LEAP leadership model is explored in the concepts of legitimacy, ethical and value-based behaviors, affect (emotional intelligence) and persistence. The need for changing leadership curricula and pedagogical paradigms are also explored. The Leadership Leap 4

Throughout much of the social science literature there is a great deal of evidence relating to the concept of leadership in a number of organizational settings. However, little of this research has been focussed on the relation, if any, between leadership styles and leadership effectiveness.

Extracted from text ... W Total leadership is winning leadership Management Today April 2006 11 Rakesh Sondhi, who has written a series of articles on strategy over the past few months, is now also contribute a 15 part series on leadership. This is another article in this new series. Sondhi is part of the international associate faculty at Henley Management College and managing director of BMC Global Services based in the UK. He visits South Africa regularly. Sondhi is the author of Business Improvement for Learning and Transformation and Total Strategy - see www.bmcglobalservi...

With inspiration from the educational paradox: how can actors, as external influences, enable human beings to act independently of external leadership? This article will discuss an organizational paradox: how can staff be lead in ways that enable them to become autonomous followers? The educational paradox was originally phrased in the beginning of the Enlightenment epoch and it therefore links education with democracy: ‘Bildung’ was seen as a way to facilitate people in being emancipated, action competent citizens of democratic societies. The organizational paradox is also phrased as a vision...

ABSTRACT Leadership faces a number of paradoxes that can be challenging and confusing, particularly as individuals take on new leadership roles. Employees want leaders to be decisive but participatory in decision making, focused on big pictures but contribute to detailed discussions, and engage but not micromanage. It is confusing as mixed messages are given to leaders and the opinions of employees vary, creating a situation in which it is difficult for leaders to fully understand employee expectations. Leaders not only need to understand these paradoxes but develop methods to balance employee...

It is suggested that organizations should have a long‐term focus towards realizing the benefits from investments in leadership development programs and use a systemic approach in order to address the current leadership crisis.

Le conflit des rôles, quoique fréquent, offre un caractère plutôt excep tionnel en ce qui concerne le Pape. Dans son cas, il ne s'agit pas du conflit type entre rôle principal et secondaire, mais du conflit possible entre ses deux principaux rôles. Toute action accomplie par lui peut être interprêtée par l'observateur comme allant dans le sens ou à l'encontre du rôle particulier que, lui observateur, choisit de déclarer comme étant le plus important en ce moment. En tant que leader spirituel, on attend du pape qu'il soit un guide et que vis-à-vis du monde il se prononce et lui montre la voie d...

“Leadership, as we have created it, leaves littleroom for mistakes, ignorance, or confusion,which means it has little room for humanity. Letgo of the mask of perfection.People in the public sector have a hard time withthis – to disclose sensitive news to their ownpeople for fear the news media will get a hold ofit and exaggerate the problem.”

Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to explore and critically challenge the potential and limitations of servant leadership to solve the human- related problems in the hospitality industry. Method: Based on the exploratory purpose of this thesis, qualitative data was obtained in a methodology informed by the strategy-as-practice perspective through observations and semi-structured interviews. Interviews and observations were conducted at a paradigmatic case company and complemented by interviews with industry experts. The qualitative data analyses followed a narrative approach. Conclu...

This article considers issues of leadership and leadership development by reflecting on the notion of the refrain as pattern. Drawing on our research of leadership within UK further education (FE) we examine how tracing ‘patterns of leadership’ can provide an insight into the practical accomplishment of leadership in FE as everyday ‘ordinary’ work. In an era of increased change and uncertainty about the character of leadership within the sector, we use our ethnographic data and interdisciplinary backgrounds to consider leadership development as essentially a design problem through adopting and...

This article examines the view of school leadership as presented in recent official government statements in England. It argues that this view is limited; in fact so limited as to be better described as ‘bastard leadership’. This notion is presented as a version of managerialism and the article shows how, since the late 1980s, government policies and legislation of both the Conservatives and New Labour have contributed to the spread of managerialist practices in the running of schools. It is argued that this threatens to undermine New Labour’s stated education policy aims of creating a ‘health...

School leadership is the process of enlisting and guiding the talents and energies of teachers, pupils, and parents toward achieving common educational aims While school leadership or educational leadership have become popular as replacements for educational administration in recent years, leadership arguably presents only a partial picture of the work of school, division or district, and ministerial or state education agency personnel, not to mention the areas of research explored by university faculty in departments concerned with the operations of schools and educational institutions.

Africa's optimism is shared by business leaders who have seen what they can accomplish in Africa. During a meeting in Nairobi, James Mathenge, CEO of Magadi Soda in Kenya, said boldly, ''I think the future of the world is Africa.''

Social and cultural change has impacted upon traditional religious activity, compliance, and fulfilment, opening opportunities for individuals to engage in a more spiritual orientation to both their inner and outer ‘self’. In parallel, social change has exposed individuals to a wider array of contemplative, spiritual practises, intensifying the quest for meaning and understanding in both asking and answering existential questions. At the same time, the intensity of activity in the World beyond self increases pressure and inherent complexity in engaging with others in meaningful ways. Addres...

The traveller that resolutely follows a rough and winding path will sooner reach the end of his journey than he that is always changing his direction and wastes the hour of daylight in looking for smoother ground and shorter passages. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

Heidegger challenges that as the world becomes more thought provoking, we are still not thinking. Yet, the very nature of being human is to think. This article presents the findings of a research project exploring the nature of thinking as described by 14 leaders using hermeneutic phenomenological research methodology. The findings are presented in a visual representation which describes how leaders think through the coming of a call to lead. There is a point when a leader makes a turn, committing them to centring their thinking on the quest. To lead is always to follow, going amidst the noise...

Organisations cannot teach people to lead, though they can and should provide the means through which technique can he learned and practised. Organisations cannot compel individuals to strive for eminence, but they can encourage and support aspiring leaders to look inward and find the insights and the distinctive perspective that could make them great. Organisations should not provoke adversity, but they do need to recognise the transformative potential of crucible experiences and to provide the resources people need to extract insight from them.

Along the years, there have been many attempts to define the term leadership. To be an effective leader one has to balance two complementary roles, a charismatic one and an architectural one. Although in practice, we can define various styles of leadership, there is no mistaking the fact that a charismatic leader performs much better than the one focused solely on task achievement. The modern world has entered a new age of leader – follower relationship and it is more evident than ever that there is a direct connection between leadership and performance at the work place.

The book is written in order to bring closeness into the gaps between leaders and the followers, the youths and the upcoming generations. When Leadership becomes unforeseen role, destruction is inevitable. The roles of the youths in our day to day activities cannot be over emphasized, irrespective of our gender. This book will open your eyes to what, why and where God has called you to be before the foundation of the earth. The youth Ministry purpose is not to have a bunch (large or small) of comfortable Christians who will show up on a Friday night for some fun and entertainment. The focus of...

"Because of the authors' obsession with how leaders behave and with the interactions of leaders and their followers, leadership is about learning how to shape the future," says Peter Laburn, a consultant in leadership, strategy and cultural change.

Turner's Leadership Development Spectrum provides the groundwork for the examination of leadership capacities and developmental theories, laying the foundation for the investigation of capacity and theory investments in leadership development applications.

Research and popular writing on the subject of leadership continues at a rapid pace. The leadership section at local bookstores and libraries gives evidence to the growing number of volumes written from numerous perspectives and from a wide range of experi...

The article outlines dominant themes in existential thinking and considers what this perspective might offer in developing our understanding of leadership. It explores existential concepts primarily using the writings of Sartre. The existential focus on the concepts of essence and existence is outlined and the current concerns with essentialism discussed in relation to this philosophical approach. The article notes that much research into leadership takes an objectivist approach which, while providing important insights into dimensions of leadership, fails to capture the subjective experience ...

Purpose: To examine the link between a transformational learning encounter as experienced by three cohorts of Post Graduate Certificate – Teacher in Health and Social Care students and their developing leadership qualities. Background: Leading is central to the mission of higher educational institutions and there is increasing emphasis on leadership as a quality required by post-graduates to enhance their employability. Enquiry based learning (EBL) offers a co-constructed form of learning that integrates the teacher with student centred learning thus enabling a transformational learning exper...

This exciting book outlines new agendas for leadership and development offering readers innovative ideas about what constitutes leadership. Including contributions from some of the most distinctive leaders in the field, Leadership in Organizations considers the most recent themes to come out of the leadership debate. The book critically assesses the more conventional leadership training and development available to managers and in doing so equips readers with the analytical perspectives and tools needed to make up their own minds about the significance of leadership in contemporary organizatio...

Leadership is the activity to influences others in order to guide them towards a certain goal (Miftah Thoha, 2013; 121). A leader is someone with capabilities and advantages so that they can influences and guides others to work together for a similar goal. Political leadership covers a wide range of topics due to how a country are constituted by structures designed to run it. Transactional leadership occurs because by default leadership is a form of social control between the leader and its subordinates. Transactional leadership or often called transactional politics has become its own problem...

The present study aims to integrate leadership conceptualizations into one overarching model, using a “leadership circumplex”. Two studies describe the construction and examine the psychometric characteristics of an operationalization of the leadership circumplex, the Circumplex Leadership Scan (CLS). Results showed that the CLS complies with the criteria of a true circumplex. Furthermore, scales, representing leadership styles, showed reasonable to high reliability. A third study confirmed the stability of the CLS structure and additionally explored the circumplex structure of subordinates’ r...