Abstract
This is the report of a study designed to understand the perceptions of the manager-healer in the workplace and perceptions of peers about a manager who is also a traditional healer in the 4 workplace. There is an absence of empirical research on African traditional ancestral leadership as well as an effective governance framework for managing workplace managers who are also ancestral spiritual leaders. A selection of traditional leaders, non-healers and peers was purposefully recruited to participate in the study. The study was conducted with participants from both government and private sector, within financial and communications industries. Data gathered from the participants were analysed through the hermeneutic phenomenological approach to identify characteristics, behaviours, and work environments of spiritual leaders. The findings incorporate the concepts of meaning, purpose, workplace relations, communications, community, and integrity presented within the theoretical foundation of traditional, spiritual and ancestral leadership analysed for this study. The findings are exciting for modern workplace leadership and go well beyond the concepts in the theory...
M.Phil. (Leadership In Emerging Countries)