Multilevel perspectives on leadership in the African context

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Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2020-07-02 DOI:10.1080/23322373.2020.1779575

Michael A. Abebe, A. Tekleab, Augustine A. Lado

引用次数: 15

Abstract

ABSTRACT Despite the depth of research on leaders and leadership in the Western and Asian contexts, the study of leadership in the African context remains at a nascent stage. In this special issue, we take a multilevel perspective to review and synthesize current research on leadership in Africa in three distinct scholarly domains (Organizational Behavior & Human Resources (OB/HR), Strategy and Entrepreneurship). Based on this review, we offer specific recommendations to advance leadership research and improve the scope and rigor of theoretical and methodological approaches. Finally, we present three scholarly works that highlight the distinctive nature of leadership in Africa, including the perspectives of followership, emergence of entrepreneurial leadership in the informal sector, and a leadership style based on an African principle.

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非洲背景下领导力的多层次视角

摘要尽管西方和亚洲对领导者和领导力的研究很深入，但非洲对领导力的研究仍处于初级阶段。在本期特刊中，我们从多层次的角度回顾和综合了当前在三个不同学术领域（组织行为与人力资源（OB/HR）、战略和创业）对非洲领导力的研究。基于这篇综述，我们提出了具体的建议，以推进领导力研究，提高理论和方法论方法的范围和严谨性。最后，我们介绍了三本学术著作，强调了非洲领导力的独特性质，包括追随者的视角、非正规部门创业领导力的出现以及基于非洲原则的领导力风格。

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Africa Journal of Management Business, Management and Accounting-Business and International Management

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2.80

自引率

15.40%

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期刊介绍： The beginning of the Twenty First Century has witnessed Africa’s rise and progress as one of the fastest growing and most promising regions of the world. At the same time, serious challenges remain. To sustain and speed up momentum, avoid reversal, and deal effectively with emerging challenges and opportunities, Africa needs better management scholarship, education and practice. The purpose of the Africa Journal of Management (AJOM) is to advance management theory, research, education, practice and service in Africa by promoting the production and dissemination of high quality and relevant manuscripts. AJOM is committed to publishing original, rigorous, scholarly empirical and theoretical research papers, which demonstrate clear understanding of the management literature and draw on Africa’s local indigenous knowledge, wisdom and current realities. As the first scholarly journal of the Africa Academy of Management (AFAM), AJOM gives voice to all those who are committed to advancing management scholarship, education and practice in or about Africa, for the benefit of all of Africa. AJOM welcomes manuscripts that develop, test, replicate or validate management theories, tools and methods with Africa as the starting point. The journal is open to a wide range of quality, evidence-based methodological approaches and methods that “link” “Western” management theories with Africa’s indigenous knowledge systems, methods and practice. We are particularly interested in manuscripts which address Africa’s most important development needs, challenges and opportunities as well as the big management questions of the day. We are interested in research papers which address issues of ethical conduct in different African settings.