János Fehér

Leadership – A Values-Work Perspective


Introduction

In this section of the Appendix I describe certain characteristics of the leadership context related to employees’ psychological development, and highlight certain principles of follower development using the special psychological perspective of Dynamic Psychiatry. As I have shown in earlier chapters of this book, some of the modern leadership theories introduce deep personal changes for the employees as functional and/or desirable within the leaders-followers relationship. In order better to understand these changes I need to provide further explanation and make references to underlying concepts of personal growth and development. As a leadership instructor, my particular interest in teaching and theory has led me towards a search for theoretical linkages beyond the basic transformational leadership paradigm.

Leadership – A Values-Work Perspective

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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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