What is it about?
In this article we empirically present what leadership effectiveness, motivation to lead and culture is in the African context using data from Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda
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Why is it important?
The underdevelopment of the Africa continent is partly blamed on poor leadership yet there scarce empirical literature on leadership and management in the African context. Further, we cannot improve leadership if we do not know what leadership effectiveness, motivation and culture is in Africa's context. This study addresses this problem using both emic and etic approaches and highlights possible directions for improving leadership in Africa.
Perspectives
Culture in Africa is diverse (eve in the same country), just as motivation to lead and what people consider effective leadership to be. However, there are commonalities such as vision, need to serve society and need for achievement as motivations to lead; and on who effective leaders are - visionary and selfless. This articles is an appropriate starting point for interventions necessary to improve leadership in Africa while paying attention to the prevailing culture.
Dr Thomas Anyanje Senaji
Kenya Methodst University
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This page is a summary of: LEAD - Leadership effectiveness, motivation, and culture in Africa: Lessons from Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda, Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l Administration, December 2014, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/cjas.1298.
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