János Fehér

Leadership – A Values-Work Perspective


Theoretical conclusions and implications for further research

In our day and age, transaction – not to speak of coercion – per se often cannot serve as effective and/or efficient tools of influence at work and in organizational situations. There are a number of factors which contribute to the increased importance of the value-driven, emotionally and also cognitively based aspects of leadership influence. As regards leadership theory, our knowledge on the psychological and, within that, the developmental needs of employees is increasing, accompanied by the increasing availability of related methodological tools. From the perspective of followers, more emphasis is being placed on value considerations. Often they are expected to set goals that make more sense, to face true challenges and demonstrate genuine persuasion. (Fehér, 2004b)

Leadership – A Values-Work Perspective

Tartalomjegyzék


Kiadó: Akadémiai Kiadó

Online megjelenés éve: 2023

ISBN: 978 963 454 874 4

In the final decades of the 20th century, in the era of the birth of the so called ‘new-leadership’ – and at the same time as the growing understanding about organizational culture – work on and through values, as a leverage and component of leadership has gained importance. The issue of values received special emphasis since the GLOBE research identified value-based behaviour as a core element of the (neo-)charisma of leaders. In the light of these conceptual developments, it seems to be paradoxical why values-work has not been more extensively used so far for conceptualizing and defining leadership.

Considering the values context of establishing goals, offering purpose, and meaning, dealing with followers’ perceptions and expectations, promoting a mission, etc., in this book leadership will be dealt with from a values-work perspective.

In the first part some of the underlying and specifically related – including ’transformational’ – leadership historical tendencies will be touched upon.

The subsequent parts will be devoted to conceptual problems of values representation and values-related leadership practices at different, namely interpersonal, organizational, and societal levels.

Beyond theoretical discussions this monograph offers illustrations of some key concepts by including checklists of, survey results about, and examples on values-driven, like transformational and developmental leadership behaviours. This way it can be used not only by academics, students but by leadership practitioners, i.e., ’values workers’ as well.

Hivatkozás: https://mersz.hu/feher-leadership-a-values-work-perspective//

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