Folktales, Lyrics of Ethical Thinking and Vast Intellectual Wealth

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mafemani Joseph Baloyi ◽  
Ximbani Eric Mabaso
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Management ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Records Management ◽  
Bad Faith ◽  
Contemporary Politics ◽  
Shared Information ◽  
Ethical Thinking

This study employed both exploratory and descriptive approaches to provide a critical analysis of the significance of folktales. The aim was to illustrate how societies applied folktales as disciplines of ethical thinking, and how they relied on shared information and anecdotal knowledge as a great voice for social justice and socio-political control. The analysis demonstrates the value of this indigenous genre and its power to communicate innovative ideas and ideals. The sample folktale under discussion expounds the consequences of poor leadership skills, greed, bribery, fraud, power abuse, bad faith, unlawfulness, deceit, and corruption. Contemporary politics and socio-economic conditions, whereby single parenting is taking prominence, seem to emulate most leadership styles as presented in the folktale. The article concludes by demonstrating that folktales are still relevant in addressing challenges with regard to the promotion of administrative justice, the importance of records management and aspects of conflict management.

scholarly journals Leadership Styles and Employee Engagement: A Field Study at a Qatari Public Corporation: الأنماط القيادية وتأثيرها على الانغماس الوظيفي: دراسة ميدانية في مؤسسة عامة قطرية

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (22) ◽  
pp. 181-164
Author(s):  
Thamer M. Maharmeh Thamer M. Maharmeh
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Transactional Leadership ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
Simple Random Sample ◽  
Transformational Leaders ◽  
Public Corporation ◽  
Transactional Leaders ◽  
Transformational And Transactional Leadership

The current study explored the relationship between leadership styles and employee engagement in the case of a Qatari public corporation. Survey research method was used in the research. In order to meet the research objectives, an online survey questionnaire was developed and distributed to a simple random sample of 294 employees. Descriptive and analytical statistical techniques available in SPSS were used to analyze the data of the 125 returned surveys. The results of the current study revealed that: (1) about 75% of the respondents are engaged in their work, (2) employees perceive their supervisors as transformational leaders rather than transactional leaders. Nonetheless, employees perceive their supervisors as neither pure transformational leaders nor pure transactional leaders, (3) there is strong and positive correlation between employee engagement and both transformational and transactional leadership styles. However, the correlation between transactional leadership and employee engagement was stronger than the correlation between transformational leadership and employee engagement. Based on that it is recommended to: (1) encourage supervisors to mix both transformational and transactional leadership styles by considering the situation and the nature of the task assigned to employees, (2) take action to develop leadership skills and behaviors, (3) show recognition for employee contributions and efforts, (4) strengthen the relationships between employees and their supervisors. In conclusion, it is important to develop strategies and practices to enhance employee engagement. One of the key factors in doing so is the development of leadership styles and behaviours.

scholarly journals WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP: GENDER PERSONALITY TRAITS AND SKILLS

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-15
Author(s):  
Jaber ABDALLAH ◽  
◽  
Siham JIBAI ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
Current Approach ◽  
Women In Leadership ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Single Gender ◽  
Management Positions ◽  
Positive Results

The relevance of the present paper is the set of assessments and analysis of the existing situation regarding the positioning of women in the structures of power and responsibility. Our current approach is based on the analysis of the women's manager profile and the leadership styles adopted by women. Based on an extensive literature review of the articles, books and the research undertaken to date, the article presents a series of differences that appear between a business woman and a business man. It also includes a characterization of the main obstacles a woman has to overcome in an organization and provides solutions for promoting more women in management positions. By investigating personality traits, we wanted to show that leadership skills are not the focus of a single gender. There is more and more evidence that achieving a gender balance and varied and diverse management teams proportionate to all levels in a hierarchy will automatically produce positive results, which will only bring performances to organizations.

Triple A Leadership Dynamics of a Self-Empowering Women Group

2019 ◽  
pp. 603-615
Author(s):  
Bolelang C. Pheko
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
Basic Element ◽  
The Other ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Leadership Model

From the Triple A Leadership model, this chapter shares a story of four women who gained economic empowerment through a bakery project whose success can be attributed to the application of the three tenets of this model, namely; accountable, attitude and approach. The first A denotes that ‘Accountability' is an indispensable aspect of leadership while ‘Attitude' is the other basic element. The theory further highlights that ‘approach' is fundamental to good leadership. The four women displayed self-reinforcing attitude that gave rise to increased interest in the project resulting in self- empowerment. It is clear that when people' personalities display leadership skills such as awareness of individual differences, responsibility, conflict resolution, tensions can be avoided as was the case with women who owned the bakery. In reality different situations call for different leadership styles, different actions, different strategies and this case illustrates that Triple A leadership was the appropriate approach.

Developing Leadership Talent for Success in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

2021 ◽  
pp. 53-68
Author(s):  
Nermin Kişi
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
Pivotal Role ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
Emerging Leadership ◽  
Core Components ◽  
Digital Disruption

Digital disruption brought by the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies has a major impact on cultures, strategies, structures, and processes of organizations. This change also requires a shift in leadership mindset to respond to opportunities, challenges, and dilemmas in the implementation of Industry 4.0 (I4.0). Moreover, effective leadership in the digital age requires developing a wide variety of core components of leadership. Therefore, improving the essential characteristics, capabilities, and skills of leaders plays a pivotal role in accelerating the path to success in the I4.0. In this regard, this chapter provides an in-depth discussion on leadership aspects of I4.0. The purpose of this chapter is to first present emerging leadership styles in I4.0. The chapter also explores what leadership roles have become more relevant in the age of I4.0 and what kind of fundamental leadership skills they need to possess in order to succeed.

scholarly journals Leadership Styles in Nursing

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serpil Çelik Durmuş ◽  
Kamile Kırca
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Nurse Managers ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
Relational Leadership ◽  
Resonant Leadership ◽  
Autocratic Leadership ◽  
Recent Developments

Recent developments in the field of management-organization and organizational behavior and new concepts have also led to the emergence of new leadership styles in leadership. Leadership in health services is important for following innovations and adapting to current situations. Nurses working together with other health personnel in hospitals providing health services constitute an important group in leadership. Nursing, which is a key force for patient safety and safe care, is a human-centered profession, and therefore leadership is a key skill for nurses at all levels. The leadership styles of nurse managers are believed to be an important determinant of job satisfaction and persistence of nurses. The need for nurses with leadership skills and the need for nurses to develop their leadership skills are increasing day by day. There are several leadership styles defined in nursing literature. These leadership styles are examined under the titles of relational leadership style, transformational leadership, resonant leadership, emotional intelligence leadership, and participatory leadership. The task-focused leadership style is explored under the headings of transactional and autocratic leadership, laissez-faire leadership, and instrumental leadership.

Comparison of Parents' Leadership Styles: Perceptions of Parents and Student Leaders

1992 ◽  
Vol 74 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1227-1230
Author(s):  
James E. Whorton ◽  
Frances A. Karnes
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
Student Leaders ◽  
Leadership Program ◽  
Self Perceptions

The Parent Leadership Style instrument was completed by 99 students enrolled in a leadership program and also by 129 of their parents. Data were analyzed and reported according to predominant leadership style (Telling, Selling, Participating, and/or Delegating) and effectiveness of leadership. A comparison was made between the parents' self-perceptions and how their children as student leaders perceived their parents. Some suggestions for parents are made relative to the development of leadership skills in students.

scholarly journals Depoliticised ethnicity in Tanzania: a structural and historical narrative

Afrika Focus ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mrisho Malipula
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Historical Narrative ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Historical Explanation ◽  
Secondary Material ◽  
Historical Factors

Much of the literature on ethnicity in Africa regards ethnicity as a central cleavage and associates its politicisation with civil war and deteriorating socio-economic conditions. Tanzanian society is not structured by this cleavage, making it an outlier among African states. Despite the negative impact of politicised ethnicity, little is known of the circumstances through which it germinates and comes to have negative consequences, or how it can be suppressed in Africa. The present article attempts a comprehensive analysis of the structural and historical factors that have made the move away from politicisation of ethnicity in Tanzania possible. It provides an eclectic structural and historical explanation that attributes lack of ethnic salience in Tanzanian politics to a particular ethnic structure, to certain colonial administrative and economic approaches, and to a sustained nation-building ethos. The argument results from a critical analysis of secondary material on ethnicity and the politics of Tanzania. Key words: ethnicity, politicisation of ethnicity, ethnic salience, nation-building, Tanzania 

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