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Applying a stratified systems theory framework for creating an organisational leadership development architecture

  • Authors: Hanekom, Jurgens
  • Date: 2021
  • Subjects: Leadership , Executives - Training of , Organizational effectiveness
  • Language: English
  • Type: Doctoral (Thesis)
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/478344 , uj:43228
  • Description: Abstract: It is widely reported that leadership and its development are important to organisational performance and sustainability. Such development, arguably, contributes to a greater leadership capacity; or a leadership capacity better aligned or better positioned to shape the organisational strategic context. The view is adopted, with this study, that fundamental frameworks are required in strategic human resource management and leadership development for leadership development to be effective in organisations. This study, in light of the aforementioned, sets off to explore architecture for organisational leadership development. Such architecture comprises of contextual considerations together with choices associated to those considerations. The choices exercised affect the leadership development system. Understanding those considerations and logics to choices, allows for an appreciation of organisational strategic context, and leadership development systems, to discern an optimal function of a development system or design one... , D.Phil. (Human Resource Development)
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COVID-19: Leading in Disruptive Times – Challenges for School Leaders

  • Authors: du Plessis, Pierre
  • Date: 2021
  • Subjects: COVID-19 , Leadership , Technology
  • Language: English
  • Type: Journal article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/490633 , uj:44779 , Citation: du Plessis, P., 2021. COVID-19: Leading in Disruptive Times – Challenges for School Leaders. , DOI: https://doi.org/10.29086/2519-5476/2021/v28n1a12 , ISSN: 1023-1757
  • Description: Abstract: Since South Africa went into lockdown as a result of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, school principals have been leading in chal-lenging circumstances. A combination of confusing government decisions and advice, compounded by a lack of decision-making by education districts, has resulted in many school principals having to make key decisions on a daily basis, many times being unsure of the support from departmental officials. Principals have had to ensure the continuation of the teaching and learning process even when the schools were closed, in some cases simultaneously developing a viable online systems in order to stay in contact with vulnerable learners and families. School leaders are uniquely positioned to guide families in supporting their children whilst at home during these unprecedented times. For school leaders, this becomes harder as schools serve families across vast geographic areas that may be without access to high-speed internet. How do school leaders lead educators and schools, which are doing their best to function effectively in uncharted territory, where teachers have had to move instruction online? Using a qualitative research approach, this study aimed to determine the challenges faced by school leaders in managing their schools during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Five schools in the Nelspruit area of Mpumalanga Province were selected through purposeful sampling. Data collected was categorised by themes and logically organised into workable units to facilitate coding. The findings revealed that COVID-19 has had an impact on principal leadership, challenging them to make decisions beyond their usual scope of management, relating to the feeding of learners, organi-sing personal protective equipment (PPE), finances and online learning plat-forms.
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Decolonisation of education in South Africa : Challenges to decolonise the university curriculum

Examining the interface between bureaucratic conflict and public interest in Africa

  • Authors: Igbokwe-Ibeto, Chinyeaka
  • Date: 2021
  • Subjects: Efficiency , Development , Leadership
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/482692 , uj:43780 , Citation: Igbokwe-Ibeto CJ. Examining the interface between bureaucratic conflict and public interest in Africa. J transdiscipl res S Afr. 2021;17(1), a874. https://doi. org/10.4102/td.v17i1.874
  • Description: Abstract: Background: In every human organisation, there is bound to be conflict of ideas because everyone wants his or her viewpoint to take precedent over others. There are those who want to be on top of every situation irrespective of those involved or the issue at stake. However, a proactive bureaucratic leadership should be able to find a way out of these quagmires. Aim: Within the framework of the strategic elite theory, this article examines the nexus between bureaucratic conflict and public interest in Africa, as well as challenges confronting bureaucracy in the pursuit of public interest with specific reference to Nigeria. Method: This article adopts a qualitative approach and is descriptive in nature, with the researcher setting out to illustrate the association that exists between the dependent and independent variables. Authoritative scholarly sources were reviewed during a desktop study. The purpose was to identify the relevant publications and apply them in the research. Results: This article argues that whilst conflict generally is an inevitable outcome of human interactions. However, conflict is more common in a bureaucratic organisation where issues of power and influence are always a source of contention amongst the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). Therefore, resolving the basis for the existence of the MDAs that will ultimately inculcate in the bureaucrats a new worldview. Conclusion: It therefore, concludes that there should be countervailing forces to put the bureaucracy on check. This includes: strengthening interest groups, the pursuit of institutionalism, ethical reorientation in the public service, amongst other measures. However, to achieve this, requires a critical mass of men and women of integrity, doggedly and ruggedly committed to Africa’s project and ready to subsume their personal interests under that of the national interests.
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Leadership in Public Health Emergency: A Comparative Analysis of COVID-19 Administration in Nigeria and South Africa

Reasons for the acceptance of a toxic leadership culture within companies

  • Authors: Lebuso, Lesego
  • Date: 2021
  • Subjects: Leadership , Personality , Individuality
  • Language: English
  • Type: Masters (Thesis)
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/485236 , uj:44099
  • Description: Abstract: A toxic leadership culture in companies is a common reality despite its debilitating effects. The reasons for its acceptance are explored as the purpose of this study to reflect on followers’ experiences given their diminished role in extant leadership theory. A qualitative research design was used for this study and an interpretivist approach was applied to provide a description of the participants’ lived experience. Ten semistructured interviews were conducted of followers at five public and private sector companies. The thematic analysis method was used to analyse the data gathered from the interviews. This study established that acceptance of a toxic leadership culture stems from the prevailing perception of leadership, which casts leaders as heroes and discounts the complementary role of followers in organisations. It revealed that several multi-faceted factors conflate to produce an organisational culture where leaders are abusive, and followers are disempowered, which enables toxic leadership to thrive. From this, it is advocated that, through the Personal and Professional Leadership (PPL) perspective that embraces the eight dimensions of life, leadership that is devoid of the ego, and operates from a super-consciousness level, wholeness and well-being can be achieved. This holds relevance for leaders to incorporate PPL principles as part of their leadership competency for overall effectiveness personally, professionally and for the benefit of the organisations that they serve. The findings from this study demonstrated the importance of expanding the leadership narrative to give credence to the inclusive and interchangeable roles of leaders and followers. A set of recommendations that can be applied in companies is offered from this study to construct a transcendental leadership dynamic that is informed by the PPL framework to counter the debilitating effects of a toxic leadership culture. , M.Phil. (Personal and Professional Leadership)
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The practice of silence as a journey towards conscious leadership

  • Authors: De Kock, Gavin Derek Sydney
  • Date: 2021
  • Subjects: Leadership
  • Language: English
  • Type: Doctoral (Thesis)
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/473586 , uj:42659
  • Description: Ph.D. , Abstract: Today, there is a rapidly growing sense of impending crisis with dire consequences for all humanity. The way humanity currently lives on earth is no longer sustainable. The incidence and course of human misery and suffering and the likelihood of extinction are increasing significantly. Many new and existing challenges remain unresolved such as poverty, racism, materialism, greed, destruction and pollution of the air, ground, water, forests and oceans, coupled with the elimination of countless other helpless sentient beings. More recently, humanity is battling to contain the coronavirus Covid-19 global health pandemic. In all this there appears to be an acute shortage of and a pressing need for outstanding leadership. The answer lies in a new kind of leader, a conscious leader. A conscious leader’s actions are based on a profound realisation of a bigger picture, a sense of interconnectedness and wholeness, the result of the leader’s expanded sense of identity and compassion. This type of leader leads his followers on a journey, personally and jointly, towards wholeness, resulting in holistic care being reflected in all their decisions. The burning question is where such a journey in the process of growing and developing conscious leaders should start. The practice of silence appears to be such a way. Practices of silence lead to introspection, contemplation and self-reflection, and ultimately to inner stillness, thus enabling enhanced consciousness. Hence, the research question for my study: How does the practice of silence contribute as a journey towards conscious leadership? The following three research objectives were set: (1) to build a theoretical model of the way in which the practice of silence contributes to a leader’s journey towards conscious leadership; (2) to conceptually verify the model by exploring the use of practices of silence in the lives of historical conscious leaders; and (3) to empirically verify the proposed theoretical model by investigating the contribution that the practice of silence made to the lives of living conscious leaders. A combination of literature and documentary review, together with case study analysis, formed the basis of the research. After a review of the literature, a theoretical model was constructed with seven themes from which fourteen postulates were derived...
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Development and validation of a measure of organisational leadership development process maturity

  • Authors: Van der Westhuizen, Hendrik Cornelis
  • Date: 2020
  • Subjects: Organizational change - Management , Leadership
  • Language: English
  • Type: Doctoral (Thesis)
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/475060 , uj:42841
  • Description: Abstract: This study addresses the absence of a measure of leadership development process maturity in organisations, specific to Africa and the Southern African region. In his research, Schiele (2017) focused on using the Afrocentric paradigm in social work, in an attempt to capture the values and cultural practices of African people for positive human transformation. This approach formed the basis of the present research study, which has as aim the development and validation of a measure of the maturity of an organisation’s leadership development process... , D.Phil. (Personal and Professional Leadership)
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Dynamics informing xenophobia and leadership response in South Africa

  • Authors: Masikane, Champion M. , Hewitt, Magda L. , Toendepi,, Joyce
  • Date: 2020
  • Subjects: Xenophobia , Leadership , Social complexity
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/432795 , uj:37398 , Masikane, C.M., Hewitt, M.L. & Toendepi, J., 2020, ‘Dynamics informing xenophobia and leadership response in South Africa’, Acta Commercii 20(1), a704. https://doi.org/10.4102/ ac.v20i1.704
  • Description: Abstract: , Orientation: The research addressed the issue of leadership response to xenophobia in South Africa that has a unique characteristic of being ‘black on black’. Research purpose: The research purpose was to assess the dynamics informing xenophobia in South Africa, leadership responses and systemic lessons thereon. Motivation for the study: The first black president, the late Nelson Mandela, put in place a Constitution that has an intent to protect all stakeholders in a non-racist, non-sexist and without discrimination based on colour or creed. This pleasantness and warm welcome attracted a large influx of immigrants from across the continent and South Asia who come as international students, skilled professionals and economic refugees. This migratory pattern has led to protracted conflict between immigrants from Africa and indigenous black South Africans. Research design, approach and method: A qualitative, exploratory research that drew data from the semi-structured interviews was carried out. Seven participants were purposefully sampled based on their involvement with the xenophobic affairs in their line of work. Content analysis augmented the primary data. ..
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Dynamics informing xenophobia and leadership response in South Africa

  • Authors: Masikane, Champion M. , Hewitt, Magda L. , Toendepi,, Joyce
  • Date: 2020
  • Subjects: Xenophobia , Leadership , Social complexity
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/432794 , uj:37397 , Masikane, C.M., Hewitt, M.L. & Toendepi, J., 2020, ‘Dynamics informing xenophobia and leadership response in South Africa’, Acta Commercii 20(1), a704. https://doi.org/10.4102/ ac.v20i1.704
  • Description: Abstract: , Orientation: The research addressed the issue of leadership response to xenophobia in South Africa that has a unique characteristic of being ‘black on black’. Research purpose: The research purpose was to assess the dynamics informing xenophobia in South Africa, leadership responses and systemic lessons thereon. Motivation for the study: The first black president, the late Nelson Mandela, put in place a Constitution that has an intent to protect all stakeholders in a non-racist, non-sexist and without discrimination based on colour or creed. This pleasantness and warm welcome attracted a large influx of immigrants from across the continent and South Asia who come as international students, skilled professionals and economic refugees. This migratory pattern has led to protracted conflict between immigrants from Africa and indigenous black South Africans. Research design, approach and method: A qualitative, exploratory research that drew data from the semi-structured interviews was carried out. Seven participants were purposefully sampled based on their involvement with the xenophobic affairs in their line of work. Content analysis augmented the primary data. ..
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Factors influencing motivation of nurse leaders in a private hospital group in Gauteng, South Africa : a quantitative study

  • Authors: Breed, Maria , Downing, Charlene , Ally, Hafisa
  • Date: 2020
  • Subjects: Motivation , Leadership , Unit managers
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/412176 , uj:34672 , Citation: Breed, M., Downing, C. & Ally, H., 2020, ‘Factors influencing motivation of nurse leaders in a private hospital group in Gauteng, South Africa: A quantitative study’, Curationis 43(1), a2011. https://doi.org/ 10.4102/curationis. v43i1.2011 , ISSN: (Online) 2223-6279
  • Description: Abstract: Background: Nurse leadership is about aligning employees to a vision. This happens with buy-in, motivation and communication. When conducive environments are created by organisations, the motivation of nurse leaders will be enhanced, which will have a positive outcome on the organisation. Highly motivated nurse leaders accomplish more and are more productive. Nurse leadership is an essential source of support, mentorship and role modelling. These attributes tend to be more evident when nurse leaders are motivated. Objectives: The objective of this study was to determine the factors that influence the motivation of nurse leaders. Method: A quantitative, descriptive design and stratified sampling was used. Participants comprised unit managers (n = 49) from five hospitals in a private hospital group in South Africa. A self-administered questionnaire, namely, the Multidimensional Work Motivation Scale, was used to collect the data. Data were analysed using the IBM SPSS 22.0 program. Results: The results indicated that the nurse leaders in this study were intrinsically motivated. Their motivation was influenced by support, relatedness, autonomy and competence. No relationships were found between motivation and age, years in a management position, gender, qualifications and staff-reporting structure. Conclusion: By implication, to understand what motivates nurse leaders and to keep them motivated, recommendations were proposed to nursing and human resources management. It is expected that the implementation of the recommendations will have a positive influence on patient outcomes, organisational success and the motivation and satisfaction of nurse leaders.
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Internal controls underpinning audit outcomes in South African Municipalities

  • Authors: Nevhutanda, M. , Mamaile, L. J.
  • Date: 2020
  • Subjects: Content analysis , Internal controls , Leadership
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/463897 , uj:41417
  • Description: Abstract: The internal control is defined as a process designed to provide assurance regarding the achievement of the entity’s objectives through the coordinated efforts of everyone within the entity. This paper relied on South Africa’s Auditor-General (AGSA) reports to establish the internal controls underpinning the audit outcomes in South African municipalities. Therefore, a qualitative research design using document analysis was implemented to achieve the paper’s objectives. Data was collected through secondary data available in the public domain. The criterion sampling method was used for metropolitan municipalities whilst a simple random sampling method was used for district and local municipalities. The basic internal controls identified by the AGSA were examined and from these, five basic categories of internal control were identified. The findings revealed that internal controls are essential in achieving positive and clean audit outcomes. The paper recommends that the municipal leadership should attain adequate training to ensure that instability and under-performance of employees could be timely addressed. Furthermore, financial management risk can be reduced through implementation and managing internal control systems and monitoring by relevant assurance providers such as internal audit functions.
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Perceived inclusive leadership and discrimination: The mediating roles of work and personal identities

  • Authors: Christos, Daniela
  • Date: 2020
  • Subjects: Leadership , Work - Psychological aspects , Identity (Psychology) , Discrimination in employment
  • Language: English
  • Type: Masters (Thesis)
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/448638 , uj:39368
  • Description: Abstract: The lack of perceived inclusive leadership in the workplace may precede employees’ perceptions of discrimination. Identity is confirmed as a mediator in the relationship between inclusive leadership and discrimination with personal and work identities specifically, proposed to mediate the relationship between inclusive leadership and discrimination. However, there is a gap in the literature confirming the roles and function of personal and work identities in the relationship, which this study aimed to investigate. Adhering to a quantitative approach, a non experimental, cross-sectional research design was employed to conduct the study. Using non probability sampling techniques, a questionnaire comprising a biographical questionnaire, Inclusive Leadership Scale, Chronic Work Discrimination and Harassment Scale, Erikson Psycho Social Inventory, and Tilburg Work Identity Scale for Commitment and Reconsideration of Commitment was distributed to respondents (N = 452) in South African organisations. The results from the path analysis confirmed a statistically significant mediating effect of work identity on the relationship between inclusive leadership and discrimination with the implication that in South Africa, inclusive leadership cultivates work identity, which alleviates perceptions of discrimination. The findings of this research contribute to the limited body of research in the scope of inclusive leadership and personal and work identities; personal and work identities and discrimination; and personal and work identities as mediators of the relationship between inclusive leadership and discrimination. The practical implications relate to recommended implementation of inclusive leadership in South African organisations to reduce perceptions of discrimination, and the cultivation of individuals’ work identities in South African organisations. , M.Com. (Industrial Psychology)
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The educational utility of a massive multi-player, real-time strategy war game : a retrospective case study

  • Authors: Janse Van Rensburg, L. J.
  • Date: 2020
  • Subjects: Entrepreneur , Leadership , Gamification
  • Language: English
  • Type: Conference proceedings
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/453190 , uj:40001 , Citation: Janse Van Rensburg, L.J. 2020. The educational utility of a massive multi-player, real-time strategy war game : a retrospective case study.
  • Description: Abstract: The educational utility of simulations and gamification are well documented within the literature, whereas massive multi-player, real-time strategy war games (MPRTS) are relatively unexplored. This paper explores through a retrospective case study, the educational utility of an MPRTS war game in the context of leadership, business strategy and social behavior development. The chosen MPRTS is one of the latest offerings on mobile devices. Specific missions and goals are facilitated through the MPRTS platform. To achieve these goals players need to collect their own resources; form alliances and build their own cities; and collaborate and coordinate their efforts within their alliance. The social interaction between players of different nationalities, cultures and languages, presents interesting phenomena that is also explored within this paper as part of the findings. This paper concludes with an argument that games such as MPRTS, do present educational utility for business and entrepreneurship students in strategy and entrepreneurial leadership. Specific recommendations are provided on how such an MPRTS war game primarily intended for leisure may be utilized, to develop leadership, strategic decision-making ability and entrepreneurial self-efficacy as an alternative to simulations and other gamification initiatives.
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The mediating effects of self-esteem on the relationship between the impostor phenomenon and leadership style

  • Authors: Naidu, Shanthuri
  • Date: 2020
  • Subjects: Leadership - Psychological aspects , Impostor phenomenon , Leadership
  • Language: English
  • Type: Masters (Thesis)
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/456654 , uj:40461
  • Description: Abstract: Leaders form an integral part to an organisation’s success, as they directly influence the performance and functionality of the organisation. However, this pressure potentially causes leaders to display ineffective leadership styles. This can create feelings of anxiety and inferiority among leaders but also influence how they manage their employees. A diminished Self-esteem can further exacerbate leaders’ perception of imposing or faking their abilities. This study investigates the relationship between various leadership styles, the impostor phenomenon and how self-esteem mediates the relationship. The main focus of this research was aimed at determining whether the Impostor Phenomenon influenced leaders’ Leadership Style and how Self-esteem mediated this relationship. In order to carry out the research the Circumplex Leadership Scan, Clance Impostor Phenomenon Scale and the Rosenburg Selfesteem Scale was administered to managers/leaders/supervisors (N=142) in various industries in Gauteng, South Africa. The results indicated that Self-esteem did not significantly mediate the relationship between the Impostor Phenomenon and a leader Leadership Style. Additional, findings indicated that a leader that displays a Withdrawn or Yielding Leadership Style is likely to experience the Impostor Phenomenon. The findings of this study provide further insights into the Impostor Phenomenon in relation to a leader experiencing a low level of Self-esteem. As well as the effects of low Self-esteem on a leaders Leadership Style. During this study several limitations were identified, such as the impact of using a cross-sectional research design and the lack of participants. Additionally, that both the CLS and the CIPS has yet to be validated in a South African context, which also posed a limitation to this study. , M.Com. (Industrial Psychology)
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The relationship between manager credibility, strategic alignment, and employee motivation

  • Authors: Lees, Daisy
  • Date: 2020
  • Subjects: Organizational change , Leadership , Employee motivation
  • Language: English
  • Type: Masters (Thesis)
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/474708 , uj:42797
  • Description: Abstract: In today’s competitive business environment organisations continuously seek opportunities to increase their competitiveness through the human capital they employ. A sound understanding of factors that influence organisational success could enable organisations to be proactive in implementing action plans that improve their competitive position and sustainability. This study sought to examine the relationship between manager credibility, strategic alignment, and motivation. The role of strategic alignment as a mediator between manager credibility and motivation was also explored. A quantitative research approach was undertaken, using secondary data obtained from a consultancy firm operating in the field of organisational development. The research instruments comprised of three questionnaires. The sample population consisted of 3,112 respondents who answered all the questions on the research instruments. The psychometric properties of the instruments were tested. Exploratory factor analysis was conducted on the instruments. The results of the study indicate that there was a positive relationship between all the variables. The three variables (manager credibility, strategic alignment, and motivation) were found to be significantly positively correlated... , M.Phil. (Leadership in Performance and Change)
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The role of leadership in migration patterns in the Southern African development community

Who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God : Kenosis of leadership

  • Authors: Mdingi, Hlulani
  • Date: 2020
  • Subjects: Leadership , Kenosis , Incarnation
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/432839 , uj:37403 , Mdingi, H., 2020, ‘Who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God: Kenosis of leadership’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 76(2), a5844. https://doi.org/ 10.4102/hts.v76i2.5844
  • Description: Abstract: , Leadership is at the core of Christianity; it operates from the paradigm of God’s revelation to humanity through creation. The creation of the world and the creation of Imago Dei are markers of the service that God has maintained from creation to the fulfilment of soteriology (Gn 1:26, 3 and I Cor 15:42). The early church’s worship of Christ, at least in the Didache, stemmed from the fact that this Hebrew prophet was a servant of God and was YHWH in the flesh. The early teachings of the church were service to the world. This article contends that Christianity faces a crisis because of neglect of the nuclei of Christian theology and faith oriented around the real or physical person of Christ and service to others. The emphasis of this article focuses on kenosis as a prerogative of true Christian faith and leadership. A kenotic model of leadership is service to humanity and the world. The article seeks reflection on the theological importance of kenosis, which interacts with creation and creature. This approach will highlight underlying theology for leadership as it relates to the person of Christ.
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A spiritual model for personal leadership

  • Authors: Lightbody, Colleen Anne
  • Date: 2019
  • Subjects: Leadership , Leadership - Religious aspects , Christian leadership
  • Language: English
  • Type: Doctoral (Thesis)
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/295929 , uj:32234
  • Description: Abstract: Orientation In this study I aimed to share and develop mindfulness as a philosophy and a practice by combining narrative and theory to produce a practical mindfulness model that would support a spiritual approach to personal leadership. Relevance and significance of the study This study was an exploration and operationalisation of mindfulness. As mindfulness is a complex construct, the research aimed to integrate a broad range of mindfulness interpretations which was further deepened through an evocative autoethnographic lens. The spiritual dimension of leadership was, thus, addressed with an innovative model supporting mindfulness practices and ideas. I first engaged with the concept of mindfulness in 2010 as I began my journey of transformation and I have studied and taught extensively in this field. Ever since, I have been entranced by the concept and this research reflected my growing engagement with mindfulness and personal development. Research question The research questions that framed the study sought to establish how mindfulness may be explored through an evocative narrative and the integration of definitions to develop a model for spiritual leadership. Research approach This research used a qualitative, postmodernist research approach to develop a spiritual model. This unconventional qualitative methodology allowed me to blend an evocative and analytical approach to my life’s journey. I revealed the wisdom and knowledge I gained coping with traumatic events that transformed me from a ‘worrier’ to a ‘warrior’ of the mind, terms I use that have come to define the work I do. Combining first-order constructs derived from the narrative, together with abstract constructs of... , Ph.D.
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Advocate Thuli Madonsela : a leadership perspective

  • Authors: Maclean, Abraham Monwabisi
  • Date: 2019
  • Subjects: Madonsela, Thuli , Leadership , Values , Social justice
  • Language: English
  • Type: Masters (Thesis)
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/421721 , uj:35958
  • Description: Abstract: Research objective: The study’s overall research objective was to explore the leadership of an individual who exhibits values-based leadership in confronting social injustices in the South African civil service and, to gain insight into the values-based leadership of Advocate Madonsela. Motivation for the study: The researcher sought to extend our understanding of values-based leadership and its development by addressing a real-life example of an individual who demonstrated highly exemplary values-based leadership in a sociopolitical context. The context at play is not only ethically corrosive, but where rampant fear and untold levels of anxiety and conformity to authority thrive (Atkinson, 2007), with individuals too afraid to challenge the unethical behaviour of their colleagues or leaders. How has Madonsela managed to confront conflict situations, overcome risks and become an agent for change? Research design: The researcher employed a qualitative methodology and constructivist paradigm as research design. Purposeful sampling was employed in finding a storyteller as well as nine additional interview participants for triangulation. The researcher used a case study as a research strategy with life history and semistructured interviews as the data collection method. Data was analysed using a content-analysis method. Main findings: The study yielded a life history with rich and varied descriptions of how values-based leadership was cultivated and sustained. An analysis of the collected data revealed themes that can further inform values-based leadership mastery. Practical implications: This study’s findings illustrate the need to foster values in the enactment and transmission of leadership in organisations and society, where leaders become role models and act on what they say, as well as behave in accordance with their personal values... , M.Phil. (Personal and Professional Leadership)
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