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Engaged Leadership: Experiences and Lessons from the LEAD Research Countries

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Engaged Leadership

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This chapter addresses the concept of engaged leadership in the under-researched context of African countries. It provides insights on engaged leadership based on the findings from selected Leadership Effectiveness in Africa and the African Diaspora (LEAD) research countries in Africa. The chapter utilizes qualitative data collected from leaders in business and public sector organizations using the Delphi technique, focus groups, and interviews. The findings from the Delphi technique and focus groups show that leaders who are effective are those that are perceived to be engaging, while the results from the interviews show that both local and foreign leaders view current African leadership styles as less engaging and hence ineffective. This has implications for the practice of management in Africa and similar contexts. Leaders in both business and public organizations need to be engaged to be effective in their leadership roles. Organizations, as well as universities that are involved in leadership development, need to incorporate concepts of engaged leadership in their training curricula in order to develop and foster leadership engagement competencies which would positively impact performance.

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  1. University of Dar es Salaam Business School, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

    Lemayon L. Melyoki

  2. Berkeley College, New York, NY, USA

    Lemayon L. Melyoki & Courtney A. Henderson

  3. CETYS Universidad, Mexicali, Mexico

    Terri R. Lituchy

  4. The University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, USA

    Bella L. Galperin

  5. University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados

    Betty Jane Punnett

  6. Makerere University Business School, Kampala, Uganda

    Vincent Bagire

  7. Kenya Methodist University, Nairobi, Kenya

    Thomas A. Senaji

  8. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya

    Clive Mukanzi

  9. American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt

    Elham Metwally & Noble Osei-Bonsu

  10. Central University, Accra, Ghana

    Cynthia A. Bulley

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Melyoki, L.L. et al. (2018). Engaged Leadership: Experiences and Lessons from the LEAD Research Countries. In: Marques, J., Dhiman, S. (eds) Engaged Leadership. Management for Professionals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72221-4_20

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