Leadership Perspective Research Articles

Factors affecting operational risk management of Vietnam commercial banks in Dong Nai province

Operational risk management and supervision are essential as a bank's reliable shield to prevent violations of banking risk management principles. Using the convenient sampling method, the authors surveyed 336 valid answer sheets, corresponding to 350 managers and staff working at Vietnam commercial banks in Dong Nai province. Research results show that there are 5 factors affecting operational risk management with a significance level of 5%, with an adjusted R2 coefficient of 0.604, which means that the built multiple linear regression model. The fit for the data set is 60.4%, meaning the model explains 60.4% of the variation in operational risk management due to 5 impact factors. Finally, the authors propose five policy implications that contribute to improving operational risk management, corresponding to the five factors in order of priority: Operational risk management related to organizational structure the highest standardized regression coefficient of 0.468, and the leadership perspective on operational risk management with the lowest standardized regression coefficient of 0.159.

Status of Instructional Leadership Practices in Botswana's Public Technical and Vocational Education and Training: A Case of Brigades

This qualitative multi-case study explores instructional leadership practices at Botswana's brigades, a key provider of semi-skilled Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programmes. This study investigated the perspectives of instructional leaders and lecturers at two institutions in the Southern District to understand their experiences with leadership practices. Drawing on Hallinger and Murphy's (1985) framework, this research examines how instructional leadership unfolds within brigades, focusing on defining the mission, managing curriculum and instruction, and fostering a positive learning environment. Furthermore, it explores the collaborative practices of the leadership team, including principals, deputy principals, and department heads. The findings reveal a general understanding of instructional leadership among participants, with some evidence of practices, such as curriculum management and stakeholder involvement. However, concerns have been raised regarding communication gaps, limited shared leadership, and ineffective evaluation. The study also identified essential competencies for instructional leaders, including communication, planning, and resource management. Key challenges include information overload, resource shortage, and staff training gaps. The participants suggested strategies for improvement, emphasizing streamlined expectations, consistent monitoring, leadership development, and adequate resourcing. Overall, the study contributes to a deeper understanding of instructional leadership in Botswana's TVET sector and provides insights for enhancing programme quality and graduate employability.

Future-fit and Innovative School Leadership in the African Context: Lesson for Sustainability in Underdeveloped and Developing Countries

ABSTRACT This study explored a future-fit scoping review from the perspective of leadership in schools within the context of Africa. A qualitative method was adopted for the study following a search of four databases, using specific key terms. Sequel to the search, articles were retrieved, coded and thematically analyzed. The findings of the study showed that while past colonial practices influence the current practices in the education system and societies of countries in Africa, the Fourth Industrial Revolution, together with its challenges, influences the envisaged future. Thus, curricula revision for alignment, and investment in human capital development and technology is needed.

The Impact of Servant Leadership on Proactive Service Behavior: a Moderated Mediation Model

As the implementers of government policies, junior civil servants bear the responsibility of providing services to the public. Whether they can put themselves in the people’s shoes and show more active service consciousness directly reflects the government’s management ability and the realization of service-oriented government goals. Although proactive service behavior has been studied, it has not been brought into the field of government administration. Hence, from the perspective of servant leadership, this study attempts to introduce proactive service behavior (PSB) into the field of government administration, and discusses the promotion strategies of junior civil servants’ PSB in China. Through the statistical analysis of 416 junior civil servants collected in the two stages, this study verifies that servant leadership has a significant positive impact on public service motivation and PSB of junior civil servants. Public service motivation (PSM) can partially mediate the promotion effect of servant leadership on junior civil servants’ PSB. Role identity can positively moderate the relationship between servant leadership and junior civil servants’ PSM, and then affect their PSB. Therefore, this study suggests that leading cadres should integrate servant leadership into daily life, take the lead in providing quality services to their subordinates, and then inspire more proactive service to the masses.

Leaders’ Experiences of Integrated Leadership Development in Higher Education

This article examines the perceptions of leaders of a public university in Ghana on how leader and leadership development perspectives are reflected in the institution’s leadership development (LD) practices. While there is an extensive body of literature on LD, further research is required on how leader and leadership development perspectives can be integrated. The study examined the applicability of the 70:20:10 model to leaders’ LD experiences and blended this model with Kolb’s experiential learning theory. A qualitative case study research approach was employed to explore the experiences of the institution’s leaders. Data were gathered using semi-structured interviews, document review and observation of a training session. The data were analysed using the thematic perspective of narrative analysis. The study found that the concepts in the 70:20:10 model, namely (1) on-the-job task performance (2) relationships in the workplace, and (3) training formed the basis of formal and informal sources of learning that propelled leaders in their development journeys. However, the university did not leverage these to consciously integrate the perspectives of leader and leadership development. It is thus recommended that LD should be consciously planned to ensure holistic learning from the three sources in the university setting.

Confinement of People with Mental Disorders from the Perspective of Spiritual Leaders of Banggai Culture, Indonesia: An Ethnosemantic Approach

The practice of confinement of people with mental disorders not only infringes upon individuals’ fundamental rights but also contravenes established health legislation, including in Indonesia, the setting for this study. In this country, confinement may be practiced by isolation or seclusion in a room or a small hut built in the family’s garden or rice field, some ten-minute walk from the house to the hut. Leg restraints or shackles may also be used. This study delved into the significance of confining individuals with mental disorders by analyzing the linguistic expressions of spiritual leaders from the Banggai culture in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Engaging with cultural and spiritual leaders within a community is imperative to gain insights into the underlying perspectives that influence family decisionmaking processes. This exploration involved a detailed examination of the linguistic expressions these leaders conducted within the cultural context of the Banggai community from March to June 2023. This study employed an ethnosemantic approach and in-depth interviews according to the framework outlined in Spradley’s Developmental Research Sequence model. The participants were 13 cultural and spiritual leaders in the Banggai region, commonly referred to as Talapu. They were chosen using snowball sampling techniques.The data-gathering process was facilitated through in-depth interviews structured to incorporate descriptive queries, structured inquiries, and contrasting questions. The data processing involved the analysis of interview transcripts utilizing domain analysis, taxonomic analysis, and component analysis techniques. This analytical approach yielded 11 domains, six taxonomies, and six paradigms, contributing to identifying three distinct cultural themes. These themes were utilizing spiritual rituals as an intervention for the treatment of individuals with mental disorders, the multifaceted roles played by Talapu in managing individuals with mental disorders, and the association between Talapu and the practice of confining individuals with mental disorders. The use of physical restraint and confinement by the Talapu in treating individuals with mental disorders raises ethical concerns, particularly regarding autonomy, non-maleficence, and adherence to international human rights standards in contemporary nursing practice. Nurses in Indonesia should engage in collaborative education with the Talapu, emphasizing the careful and strategic implementation of Indonesia’s health legislation to prohibit human rights infringements, ensuring effective treatment and psychosocial support for individuals with mental disorders, and promoting their seamless integration into family and society.

Recapturing Communicative Erasure: Black Women Farmers’ Lived Experience, Political Voice and Cultural Knowledge as Critical Health Communication Praxis

ABSTRACT In this paper, we conduct a case study analysis of the National Women in Agriculture Association (NWIAA), an international, Black women-led farm assistance organization founded in 2008 and based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Drawing on the Culture-Centered Approach (CCA) and grounded in interviews and observational fieldwork, we center the perspectives of NWIAA chapter leaders (n = 16) to examine how they describe motivations for farming, challenge power inequities, engage with intersectional barriers, and develop locally situated solutions across agricultural and community health contexts. The analysis argues that Black women farmer’s historical lived experiences, political voice, and shared deep-rooted agricultural knowledge provide an innovative and emancipatory praxis for rethinking health communication intervention approaches that address food system-generated disparities. This study contributes important takeaways for health communication practitioners, policymakers, and advocates addressing food inequities. It extends the CCA as a first step in developing community-driven, context-specific food insecurity health communication interventions within marginalized communities across the United States and beyond.

A proposed digital transformation model for implementation by digital leaders

PurposeThe purpose of this study was threefold: to trace the extent to which digital transformation strategies are being implemented in organizations; to statistically measure, validate, predict and examine how digital leaders perceive a synthesized digital transformation model (DTM); and to explore whether leaders with different demographic characteristics perceive the DTM similarly.Design/methodology/approachThe study authors surveyed 778 leaders/managers from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to assess the synthetized DTM consisting of four dimensions and nine perception constructs that represent how leaders manage employees in a digital environment. The survey questions were adapted from the 2014 Westerman leading digital book published in Harvard business press.FindingsThe general findings revealed that UAE organizations that were already in the digital transformation stage before COVID-19 reacted and responded extremely quickly to speed up the implementation of their respective digital transformation strategies. We concluded that our proposed and synthetized DTM is valid and predictable, and can be adapted to trace the stages of digital transformation by leaders. A positive relationship was found between the DTM’s four dimensions and their related constructs as perceived by the leaders, regardless of differences in their demographic characteristics.Originality/valueThe synthesized digital transformation model is unique in that the authors believe there is no other research that purports to synthesize, validate and correlate using the digital transformation campus dimensions and its related constructs, reflecting leaders' perceptions toward adopting this campus. As well, this is the first UAE study to explore and compare the perspectives of leaders on their digital practices after COVID-19 in a country that has an established IT infrastructure.

I don’t want to switch! So, am I trapped? An in-depth qualitative inquiry of resistance to change leading to competency trap

PurposeThis paper explores the evident issue of organizational resistance to change. The study delves deep into the underlying resistance factors in organizations using a qualitative approach.Design/methodology/approachThe qualitative study employs a grounded theory coding pattern and network analysis to explore the underlying themes. This approach gives a panoramic view of resistance to change by comprehending the themes of existing literature and verbatims collected from the respondents.FindingsThe results of the comprehensive interviews and analyses suggest a significant change in the definition of resistance to change. The network analysis led to the identification of subthemes, antecedents, and consequences of resistance to change. The study highlights the importance of innovation, personnel training, mistrust, and the role of motivation.Practical implicationsThe insights gained from this practitioner-oriented study help navigate organizations to identify the issues related to resistance to change. The study also helps trace the issue of over-specialization, which promotes competency traps in organizations. The role of leaders in managing resistance to change is evident, which practitioners can consider for the more significant benefit of organizations.Originality/valueThe study proposes a nuanced understanding of resistance to change by using a qualitative approach to comprehend the phenomena from the perspective of leaders and employees. Using a coding approach for theme generation and network analysis for visualization ascertains the methodical rigor and comprehensive understanding alongside generating practitioner-oriented recommendations.

Accountable Care Organization Leader Perspectives on the Medicare Shared Savings Program

The Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) includes more than 400 accountable care organizations (ACOs) and is among the largest and longest running value-based payment efforts in the US. However, given recent program reforms and other changes in the health care system, the experiences and perspectives of ACO leaders remain incompletely characterized. To understand the priorities, strategies, and challenges of ACO leaders in MSSP. In this qualitative study, interviews were conducted with leaders of 49 ACOs of differing sizes, leadership structures, and geographies from MSSP between September 29 and December 29, 2022. Participants were asked about their clinical and care management efforts; how they engaged frontline clinicians; the process by which they distributed shared savings and added or removed practices; and other factors that they believed influenced their success or failure in the program. Leader perspectives on major themes related to ACO initiatives, performance improvement, and the recruitment, engagement, and retention of clinicians. Of the 49 ACOs interviewed, 34 were hospital-associated ACOs (69%), 35 were medium or large (>10 000 attributed beneficiaries) (71%), and 17 were rural (35%). The ACOs had a mean (SD) tenure of 8.1 (2.1) years in MSSP. Five major themes emerged: (1) ACO leaders reported a focus on annual wellness visits, coding practices, and care transitions; (2) leaders used both relationship-based and metrics-based strategies to promote clinician engagement; (3) ACOs generally distributed half or more of shared savings to participating practices; (4) ACO recruitment and retention efforts were increasingly influenced by market competition; and (5) some hospital-associated ACOs faced misaligned incentives. In this study, the ACO leaders reported varied approaches to promoting clinician alignment with ACO goals, an emphasis on increasing annual wellness visits, and new pressures related to growth of other care models. Policymakers hoping to modify or expand the program may wish to incorporate these perspectives into future reforms.

The project leadership work of value creation: Reflections from Follett

Project scholars are increasingly turning their attention to the role of projects in tackling environmental and societal wicked problems. This essay contributes to attempts to understand the navigation of the dynamic processes of project value construction in the face of these wicked problems by advancing the socialised perspective of leadership. Drawing on Follett, it offers four key enhancements: 1) an emphasis on interweaving diverse and potentially contradictory values, 2) the recognition that values should dynamically evolve in relation to both emerging events and active confrontations of conflicting values that are made possible by flexible forms of contacting, 3) an openness to learning about alternative ways of relating to nature in shaping values, and 4) opening the collective practice of leadership to broad participation.

A Millennial’s leadership perspective: reflections on a decade of mentorship from a servant leader

PurposeThis article illustrates the transformational nature of servant leadership and its capacity to empower and develop others. In it, I recount my close relationship with a high school mentor who embodied the key tenants of Greenleaf’s (1970) servant leadership philosophy. I also advocate for others to provide mentorship and support in a similar fashion.Design/methodology/approachThis Origins contribution was constructed as a reflective narrative in response to a mentorship experience earlier in my life.FindingsA mentorship experience from my youth profoundly shaped my approach to leadership and teamwork that I still embrace to this day. Readers are asked to consider the power of servant leadership in their own lives.Originality/valueStudents of leadership can utilize this reflective essay as a touchstone for further classroom discussion.

‘I left the teaching profession … and this is what I am doing now’: a national study of teacher attrition

Current teacher attrition in Australia and globally has created an untenable situation for many schools, teachers and the profession. This paper reports on research that examined the critical issue of teacher attrition from the perspective of former classroom teachers and school leaders. Although there is extensive national and global research related to teacher shortages and intentions to leave the teaching profession, minimal research has sought insights from those who have left the profession in Australia, including ascertaining what they are doing now. Using an online survey, data were collected from 256 former teachers from all states and territories, sectors and career stages who had left the profession between 2016 and 2022. Using descriptive statistical and thematic analysis, this study highlights the potential loss to teaching and the education profession more broadly due to teacher attrition. For these participants, the reasons for leaving were often multifaceted and the process of leaving was often protracted. Many of these former teachers have maintained links to the education profession occupying various associated roles and positions. We call for a reconsideration of the ways that strategies to ameliorate teacher attrition are conceptualised and implemented.

When dominant models become dominating: A narrative identity approach to female leadership in Pentecostal organizations

ABSTRACT This article contributes to research on Pentecostal female leadership by approaching the topic from organizational leadership perspective. The study contends that an increased emphasis on the Pentecostal pneumatological narrative of spiritual empowerment of all people may help women build a robust and authentic leadership identity when it simultaneously influences the public narratives that shape leader identities in Pentecostal organizations. First, the paper shows that cultural assumptions about leaders implicitly impact how women are perceived in leadership roles. Secondly, it employs literature on organizational identity work to shed light on the complex role of female leaders in Pentecostal organizations from a narrative perspective. Finally, it brings these strands of organizational research into a critical and constructive dialogue with the Pentecostal pneumatological narrative to suggest a way forward that might bolster female leadership in Pentecostal settings.

Undergraduate Medical Education Curriculum Reforms in Pakistan: A Mixed Methods Study of Academic Leadership Perspectives.

Periodic revision of undergraduate medical education (UGME) curricula is an essential part of evidence-based educational practices. Pakistan's national UGME curriculum, last updated in 2005, was reviewed, and recommended updates were made in 2022. The authors explore academic medical school leaders' perspectives about the proposed reforms, gaps within the existing curriculum, and how to ensure the reform implementation is effective, collaborative, and feedback-driven. Using a mixed methods approach, data were collected from April to July 2022. Academic leadership (principals, who could designate vice principals or medical educators) at all medical schools across Pakistan (n = 117) were invited. Agreement with each of 20 proposed reforms was measured via a survey employing a Likert scale. A semistructured interview guide expanded on the survey questions with probes. Eighty-eight survey responses, from private (59; 67.0%) and public (29; 33.0%) institutions, were obtained (75.2% response rate). Participants recommended most of the proposed reforms. The 3 reforms that received the highest agreement were teaching professionalism as an integral part of the curriculum (83; 94.3%), mandating bedside procedural skills training (80; 90.9%), and including patient safety in the UGME curriculum (79; 89.8%). Including multidisciplinary tumor boards and surgical oncology had the lowest agreement (26; 29.5%). Fifteen interviews were conducted, which revealed 3 major themes: perceptions about changes to the curricular content, limitation of human and financial resources as barriers to reform implementation, and recommendations for effective implementation of an updated curriculum. The findings reflect an overall positive attitude of academic medical school leadership toward the 20 proposed UGME curriculum reforms, which could aid with on-the-ground implementation. However, major limitations, such as a lack of trained faculty and financial resources, must be addressed. The authors propose future research on the resources required for implementing UGME reforms and the reforms' impact after national implementation.

Leadership Perspectives: Embracing Gender Pronouns in Higher Education

Leadership Perspectives: Embracing Gender Pronouns in Higher Education

Effectiveness of Teachers’ Professional Learning Communities on Primary and Secondary School Performance from the Perspective of Professional Learning Community Leaders

<p>本研究係探究109 學年度中小學教師專業學習社群之運作成效，以問卷調查社群召集人， 採Stufflebeam CIPP 評鑑模式設計問卷，抽樣調查3,589 位，以描述性統計、卡方檢定、 逐步多元迴歸分析進行分析。本研究問題為：一、召集人培訓、運作內容、運作型式與 運作成效四個變項之成效為何？二、召集人培訓與運作因素是否具顯著相關？三、運作 因素對教與學助益、成員持續參與的預測力？根據分析結果，本研究結論為：一、召集 人培訓、運作內容、運作型式與運作成效四個變項成效顯著。二、召集人培訓結果與運 作因素具顯著相關。三、運作因素對教與學助益、成員持續參與具顯著影響力。</p> <p> </p><p>The purpose of the study is the effectiveness of teachers’ professional learning communities (PLC) based on the perspective of PLC’s leader. The research tool is designed on the Context, Input, Process, and Product (CIPP) program evaluation model. Three research questions: 1) What are the effects of the four variables of PLC’s leader, PLC operation content, PLC operation type, and PLC operation effectiveness? 2) Is there a significant correlation between PLC’s leader training and PLC operation factors? 3) What is the predictive power of PLC operation factors on teaching and learning benefits, members’ continuous participation? The research findings include: 1) The training of PLC’s leader, the operation content, the operation type and the operation effect of PLC are all significant. 2) The training results of PLC’s leader and the operation factors have significant performance. 3) The operation factors have a significant impact on teaching and learning improvement, and members’ continued participation.</p> <p> </p>

"It's no use saying it in English": A qualitative study exploring community leaders' perceptions of the challenges and opportunities with translating and interpreting COVID-19 related public health messaging to reach ethnic minorities in Australia.

The Australian Government implemented a range of public health response strategies and communication approaches to reduce the spread of COVID-19; however, concerns have been raised around a failure to sufficiently consider culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD) communities in these processes. This research aimed to understand the factors that have impacted COVID-19 communication and engagement efforts during the pandemic from the perspective of key CaLD community and faith-based leaders. A further aim was to understand the processes that could be adopted to support future communication strategies, including promoting pandemic-related vaccines. This study included 29 key informant interviews with community and faith-based leaders in New South Wales, Australia. The overwhelming message from community leaders was a sense of shared responsibility between their organisations and governments in communicating pertinent and accurate COVID-19 related information to CaLD communities. They expressed a sense of duty to keep their community members safe. However, community leaders and others shouldered significant costs related to resources and time that need to be acknowledged by governments in preparing for future disease outbreaks. They felt that governments should consider: 1) improving communication between governments and CaLD organisations; 2) responding to the specific CaLD needs with greater agility; 3) foregrounding social media in their communication strategy; 4) reinvesting in local public health units to know their population; 5) developing a health ambassadors model program; 6) preparing a hybrid model of translators/interpreters to fill the gap; and, 7) reimagining vaccine information campaigns to target CaLD communities better. Given the technical details about the COVID-19 virus conveyed in government information campaigns and the media, ensuring the most vulnerable populations, including people from CaLD backgrounds, access clear, concise and timely public health messaging from governments and community organisations requires further attention.

Tribal College and University (TCU) Leadership, Faculty, and Staff Perspectives on Student Success

Tribal College and University (TCU) Leadership, Faculty, and Staff Perspectives on Student Success

Ethics as a Transformational Strength in Education: An Ethical Leadership Perspective

Ethical intelligence is the strength of a transformational society. As a change agent, the school leader is expected to be a representative figure of ethical standards. Unfortunately, they are criticized for their unethical activities. Therefore, drawing on the concept of ethical leadership, this study aims to construct the meaning of ethics as they have lived with it, thereby exploring the transformational influences of ethical strengths. Adopting a narrative inquiry research design, lived narratives were generated from four principals of secondary level (Grades 9-12) selected purposively. The narrative data were analyzed and interpreted using Starratt’s (2004) theoretical framework of ethical leadership of care, justice, and critique. This study explored ethics as the mutual value of individual, institutional, and social institutions. Human potentiality is the power of ethical intelligence that derives toward transformation. This finding sheds light on the importance and execution of ethical abilities. It shares ethical knowledge, values, and skills among individuals, schools, and communities. It also portrays ethical sensitivities, which are the core foundation of a transformative society with rational personalities.