Case Study #11: Being There by Jerzy N. Kosinski

Public Voices ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Ken Nichols
Keyword(s):  
Leaders And Followers ◽  
Leader Following ◽  
Being There ◽  
Public Leaders

The case study focuses on characteristics of the leader. Following the main protagonist’s odyssey, you will consider what qualities we expect from our leaders, what responsibilities we place with our leaders in general and our public leaders in particular, and how leaders and followers relate.

Queering public leadership: The case of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender leaders in the Philippines

Leadership ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 174271502095327
Author(s):  
Lance Calvin L Gamboa ◽  
Emerald Jay D Ilac ◽  
Athena May Jean M Carangan ◽  
Julia Izah S Agida
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Identity ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Public Leadership ◽  
The People ◽  
Leaders And Followers ◽  
Bisexual And Transgender ◽  
Public Leaders

Research has been lacking in exploring the implications of sexual identity on public leadership and in using discursive approaches to develop gender and public leadership literature. This study utilizes queer analysis to explore how six nonheterosexual public leaders in the Philippines negotiate their leadership identities and practices vis-à-vis a collectivistic, religious, and heteronormative culture. Interview accounts yield a reimagining of public leadership as a desire for intimacy with the people. Embedded in heteronormativity, this unspoken conception positions nonheterosexual subjects as unfit to participate in public leadership spaces, compelling them to make concessions to be allowed entry into the field. Such concessions, however, do not preclude the emergence of queer public leaderships that eventually enable a leadership praxis grounded on intersectionality. These findings reveal possibilities for a radical liberation of leaders and followers from interlocking structures of oppression.

scholarly journals A statistical method for identifying different rules of interaction between individuals in moving animal groups

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (176) ◽  
Author(s):  
T. M. Schaerf ◽  
J. E. Herbert-Read ◽  
A. J. W. Ward
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Collective Motion ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Gambusia Holbrooki ◽  
Test Statistics ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Group Movement ◽  
Leaders And Followers ◽  
Eastern Mosquitofish

The emergent patterns of collective motion are thought to arise from application of individual-level rules that govern how individuals adjust their velocity as a function of the relative position and behaviours of their neighbours. Empirical studies have sought to determine such rules of interaction applied by ‘average’ individuals by aggregating data from multiple individuals across multiple trajectory sets. In reality, some individuals within a group may interact differently from others, and such individual differences can have an effect on overall group movement. However, comparisons of rules of interaction used by individuals in different contexts have been largely qualitative. Here we introduce a set of randomization methods designed to determine statistical differences in the rules of interaction between individuals. We apply these methods to a case study of leaders and followers in pairs of freely exploring eastern mosquitofish ( Gambusia holbrooki ). We find that each of the randomization methods is reliable in terms of: repeatability of p -values, consistency in identification of significant differences and similarity between distributions of randomization-based test statistics. We observe convergence of the distributions of randomization-based test statistics across repeat calculations, and resolution of any ambiguities regarding significant differences as the number of randomization iterations increases.

scholarly journals Identification of Opinion Leaders and Followers—A Case Study of Green Energy and Low Carbons

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (23) ◽  
pp. 8416
Author(s):  
Chun-Che Huang ◽  
Wen-Yau Liang ◽  
Po-An Chen ◽  
Yi-Chin Chan
Keyword(s):  
News Media ◽  
Green Energy ◽  
Opinion Leaders ◽  
Interaction Patterns ◽  
Business Organization ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Solution Approach ◽  
Carbon Reduction ◽  
Leaders And Followers

In recent years, with the development of Web2.0, enterprises, government agencies, and traditional news media, which have been positively influenced by opinion leaders, have been dedicated to understanding leaders’ opinions on the web in order to seek convergence. Specifically, with the increase of environmental awareness, the introduction of green energy and carbon reduction technology has become an important issue. Consequently, studies identifying opinion leaders and followers who are interested in green energy and low carbon have become important. This study aims to find a solution that can identify the characteristics of opinion leaders and followers that can be widely used, which will help certain public policies or issues to be more effectively disseminated in the future. To model the characteristics of opinion leaders and their influence on followers, this study uses a dual matrix. The interaction patterns are recognized among opinion leaders and followers, with the aim of developing public policy to promote green energy and low carbon emissions. A case is studied to validate the superiority of the proposed solution approach. With the proposed approach, a (business) organization can identify and access opinion leaders and their followers. Through communication, these organizations can absorb strain and preserve functions despite the presence of adversity. This study also clearly demonstrates its contribution and novelty through comparisons with the existing alternative method.

Chinese leader-follower flexible interactions at varying leader distances

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 191-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yishan Du ◽  
Liguo Xu ◽  
You Min Xi ◽  
Jing Ge
Keyword(s):  
Interaction Model ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Chinese Leader ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Leadership Process ◽  
Leaders And Followers ◽  
Behavior Choices ◽  
Active Effects

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the Chinese leader–follower interaction model in school cases considering followers’ effect at varying social distances. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a case study approach. Findings First, Chinese leader–follower interactions in school cases are flexible in practice. Second, within leader–follower flexible interactions, contradictory perceptions and field-of-work consciousness foster different behavior choices between leaders and followers. Third, perceptions concerning the proximity of leaders to followers are positively influenced in relation to hierarchical distinctions and negatively influenced owing to private connections. Finally, the perceived leader distance of leaders from followers further influences the contradictory perceptions and field-of-work consciousness of leaders and followers and positively influences the degree of flexible leader–follower interaction. Research limitations/implications This study examined a single institution; hence, results may have been influenced by school-specific features and conditions. Future research should study more organizations to explore whether their unique characteristics and contexts could affect leader–follower interactions, thus providing more generalized and universally applicable conclusions. Originality/value First, this study proposed a leader–follower flexible interaction model in school cases and the concepts of field-of-work consciousness and contradictory perceptions, exploring the active effects of followers in the leadership process to offer guidance toward better understanding the leadership process. Second, it was found that private connections between leaders and followers, as well as hierarchical differences, influenced the perceptions of both leaders and followers concerning leader distance in a Chinese context, and the influence of leader distance on leader–follower interactions was also analyzed.

Urban Revolt in South Africa: a Case Study

1970 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Feit
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Near Neighbour ◽  
Court Records ◽  
Leaders And Followers ◽  
Port Elizabeth ◽  
The Way

Thisarticle has as its theme the organisation of an African urban revolt in South Africa from 1960 to 1965. Reference is made mainly to events in Port Elizabeth and its near neighbour, East London; it need hardly be added that there were similar developments in other parts of the country. The way in which the revolt was organised was little reported at the time, and the details emerged only in the verbatim court records of the trials of both leaders and followers. Press reports of these trials are scattered over a number of South African newspapers, whose reporting—while good—is not as detailed as the documents; and a few items appear in the overseas press. The importance of this revolt, which is still being waged from outside South Africa's borders, might justify an analysis of what took place in the country itself, even if the research on which it is based remains incomplete.

Factors Shaping Assessment Design in the Virtual Environment

2014 ◽  
pp. 1-35
Author(s):  
Deborah Davis ◽  
Sarah Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Environment ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Role Play ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Birth Centre ◽  
Assessment Design ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Being There

The Virtual Birth Centre was created to provide student midwives with an opportunity to develop their midwifery knowledge and skills through a variety of teaching and learning strategies including role-play with peers in a safe, flexible, immersive learning environment. Role-play in the virtual environment has been shown to create a sense of presence or “really being there,” which is associated with increased knowledge transfer from virtual to real world. Assessment in this project focused on formative “service user” (peer) feedback along with self-assessment against midwifery professional standards. The approach to assessment was shaped by a number of factors including the philosophical underpinnings and pedagogy of the programmes involved and the opportunities and limitations of the virtual world environment. Using the Virtual Birth Centre and midwifery as a case study, this chapter explores the factors influencing the development of assessments for the practice discipline of midwifery in a simulated, virtual environment.

Factors Shaping Assessment Design in the Virtual Environment

2015 ◽  
pp. 1027-1052
Author(s):  
Deborah Davis ◽  
Sarah Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Environment ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Role Play ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Birth Centre ◽  
Assessment Design ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Being There

The Virtual Birth Centre was created to provide student midwives with an opportunity to develop their midwifery knowledge and skills through a variety of teaching and learning strategies including role-play with peers in a safe, flexible, immersive learning environment. Role-play in the virtual environment has been shown to create a sense of presence or “really being there,” which is associated with increased knowledge transfer from virtual to real world. Assessment in this project focused on formative “service user” (peer) feedback along with self-assessment against midwifery professional standards. The approach to assessment was shaped by a number of factors including the philosophical underpinnings and pedagogy of the programmes involved and the opportunities and limitations of the virtual world environment. Using the Virtual Birth Centre and midwifery as a case study, this chapter explores the factors influencing the development of assessments for the practice discipline of midwifery in a simulated, virtual environment.

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