Realm Of Leadership Research Articles

Leadership as a profession in early childhood education and care

ABSTRACT Background Early childhood education and care (ECEC) centres have historically been overlooked and undervalued globally. However, recent economic investments and numerous changes have significantly impacted the role of ECEC centre leaders and their requirements. Moreover, recent research on educational leadership highlights its importance for both child development and employee well-being, as well as for maintaining pedagogical quality. Despite this recognition, ECEC centre leaders still lack systematic leadership education and adequate working structures. Purpose This study aimed to review research evidence to understand how Finnish ECEC centre leaders position themselves within the realm of leadership as a profession. Specifically, the focus was on identifying the key components of leader competence. Method We conducted a narrative structural analysis, following the framework developed by using data from 20 short writings by ECEC centre leaders. Four types of narrative were constructed to capture the essence of ECEC centre leaders’ competence. Subsequently, these narrative types were analysed using levels of narrative positioning to gain insights into how these different narratives relate to leadership as a profession. Findings Through this two-step narrative analysis, we identified four types of narratives among ECEC centre leaders: professional leader, contextual leader, teacher leader, and leader persona. The findings underscore the importance of pedagogical understanding and competence as central themes in the narratives of ECEC centre leaders. However, a comprehensive understanding of general leadership competence as a learnable practice was not consistently evident across the narrative types. Conclusion The reflection on these findings suggests that ECEC leadership as a profession is still an emerging phenomenon. Moving forward, there is a need for systematic leadership education and the development of functional leadership structures to clarify the concept of leadership as a shared practice and to ensure its effective implementation in ECEC centres.

Analyzing the Approach of International Organizations Regarding Leadership in the International Legal System

This article examines the analytical approach of international organizations regarding leadership in the international legal system. Leadership refers to the institutions, processes, and agreements through which resources are articulated and power is exerted. Leadership is not an independent and self-standing principle; rather, it is based on other principles and values such as legality, accountability, and transparency. The concern addressed in this study is not the realization of leadership in the field of international law, but rather how it is operationalized and the obstacles and challenges (both structural and value-based) that hinder its implementation. These obstacles exist because in the field of international law, values based on the sovereignty and national competence of states still prevail. These values often impede the realization of leadership components. Using a descriptive-analytical method, the author concludes that while the theory of leadership has been identified in international organizations and international law, its true and real meaning has not been fully explained. Therefore, the concept of leadership attempts to place values such as legality, oversight, accountability, and transparency under a single umbrella in the field of international law, so that the capacities of each can be utilized to overcome other obstacles. Strengthening each of these components in the field of international law can enhance other elements in the realm of leadership.

Optimizing Educational Leadership: Building Sustainable Education in the 5.0 Era

The topic of leadership is of great significance as it pertains to the effective guidance and direction of an educational institution. Leaders possess the authority to mobilise and exert influence over the tasks that are incumbent upon their roles and obligations. The objective of this study is to provide a comprehensive portrayal of school principals in their role as leaders within educational institutions during the 5.0 era. Additionally, the study seeks to examine the integration of the EMASLIM-FM concept into the function of educational leadership during this era. Furthermore, the study wants to depict school principals as visionary leaders in the field of education during the 5.0 era. The present study adopts a qualitative research design, employing a library research methodology. The data were acquired by a comprehensive review of literary sources, including books, ebooks, scholarly journal articles, dissertations, and other relevant publications. The utilisation of comparative analysis for data analysis. The analytical findings indicate that under the EMASLIM-FM framework, the role of the school principle encompasses various tasks, including education, management, administration, supervision, leadership, innovation, motivation, and mediation. In the 5.0 era, effective leadership necessitates that school administrators possess visionary competencies in order to transform their schools into comprehensive educational establishments. The importance of creative leadership cannot be overstated, since it is imperative to recognise that vision serves as a guiding principle within the realm of leadership. The principal should consider incorporating the concept of tangibility and measurability into the framework of the leadership wheel. The crucial factor in attaining the targeted educational objectives is the implementation of tangible measures.

PENDIDIKAN INTELEKTUAL DALAM PERSPEKTIF ALI IBN ABI THALIB

This study aims to determine the intellectual education of Ali bin Abi Thalib. The research method uses data collection techniques in the form of studying and collecting data through reading materials sourced from primary books and secondary books related to the themes discussed. This type of research is qualitative with library research, namely collecting data or scientific papers from the library, and analyzing it with content analysis. The results of his research are that the purpose of education is to humanize humans and deliver them to true happiness (al-sa'adah al-abadiyah). The curriculum used is an educational curriculum that is not much different from the curriculum of the Prophet Muhammad. The educational method used is sima'ah, which is a method that emphasizes the listening dimension, siyahah, which is an observation method based on wandering experience and siyadah, is a method of instilling authority in the realm of leadership.

Boosting Organizational Commitment Through Visionary Leadership and Work Life Balance

This research aims to analyze the relationship between visionary leadership, organizational commitment and work life balance among employees of PT. Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Tbk. Bogor. This study uses a quantitative approach by applying the multivariate analysis method. The population consists of all employees of PT. Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Tbk. Bogor as many as 2,700 people. Among them, a total of 337 employees were selected in the sample based on the Morgan table. Data were collected using a questionnaire and literature study and then analyzed using the SEM (Structural Equation Modeling) data analysis method, namely Amos Software. The results showed that: (1) Visionary Leadership has a positive and significant effect on Organizational Commitment, (2) Visionary Leadership has a positive and significant effect on Work Life Balance, (3) Work Life Balance has a positive and significant effect on Organizational Commitment, and (4) Visionary Leadership has a positive and significant effect on Organizational Commitment mediated by Work Life Balance. The results of this research fill in the lack of references that provide explanations about the influence of Visionary Leadership on Organizational Commitment mediated by Work Life Balance. This study also proves that the Visionary Leadership theory which is formulated in different social settings is still relevant in the realm of leadership in Indonesia.

A "Trans-Dyadic" Perspective on the Goldwater Rule.

The Goldwater Rule has been debated, redefined, and debated further since the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States. This column offers a perspective on the Goldwater Rule that moves beyond psychiatry's current preoccupation with precision DSM-5 diagnosis of individuals, which ethically requires consent or other legal authorization for release of diagnostic information to others, and into the realm of leadership as seen through the "trans-dyadic" lens of psychoanalytic understanding of large group processes on a societal level. Concepts from large group psychology are introduced to illustrate "trans-dyadic" perspectives on leadership that do not challenge the Goldwater Rule.

Cultural Diversity in Leadership: What Does It Say About Australian Multiculturalism?

ABSTRACTAustralia is frequently described as a success story of immigration and multiculturalism. This has been a part of recent Australian self-understanding and national myth-making. Yet, such a description may belie other realities. For all of Australian society’s celebration of cultural diversity, the leadership of its major institutions remains largely devoid of cultural diversity. This article draws upon recent research into the cultural composition of groups of senior leaders in Australian business, politics, government and civil society. It examines the biases and barriers that may contribute to the status quo. It considers the organisational preconditions of better representation of cultural diversity in Australian leadership—namely, in the realms of leadership, systems and culture. The issue of cultural diversity and leadership, however, cannot be considered only in organisational terms. It also implicates larger societal questions about the current limits of Australian multiculturalism.

Curricular and Co-curricular Leadership Learning for Engineering Students

In recent years engineering educators have been encouraged to blend technical and professional learning in their curricular and co-curricular programing (EC, 2009; NAE, 2004). Our paper describes a multifaceted leadership learning program developed to achieve this goal by infusing reflective, experiential learning into an otherwise technically oriented discipline. The program was designed by a collaborative team of educators and researchers with backgrounds in engineering, education, psychology, and industry and offers a range of learning experiences using diverse pedagogical strategies. The content covers four realms of leadership corresponding to four levels of analysis: self, team, organization, and society. Learning experiences include elective academic courses, co-curricular workshop programs, guest lectures in core courses, seminars, department based leadership groups, and panel discussions. In this paper, we describe the program goals, curricular and co-curricular initiatives and early research findings in order to scaffold an emerging discussion about engineering leadership education in Canada. Informal feedback from students who have participated in our program provide us with preliminary evidence that students are learning, that they value the learning opportunities afforded by our program and that our initiative is enabling significant personal growth.

The German Right in the Weimar Republic: studies in the history of German conservatism, nationalism, and antisemitism from 1918 to 1933

Abbreviations Introduction: The German Right in the Weimar Republic: New Directions, New Insights, New Challenges Larry Eugene Jones Chapter 1. Hindenburg and the German Right Wolfram Pyta Chapter 2. From Friends to Foes: Count Kuno von Westarp and the Transformation of the German Right Daniela Gasteiger Chapter 3. Conservative Antisemitism in the Weimar Republic: A Case Study of the German National People's Party Larry Eugene Jones Chapter 4. Academics and Radical Nationalism: The Pan-German League in Hamburg and the German Reich Rainer Hering Chapter 5. Realms of Leadership and Residues of Social Mobilization: The Pan-German League, 1918-1933 Bjorn Hofmeister Chapter 6. Continuity and Change on the German Right: The Pan-German League and Nazism, 1918-1939 Barry A. Jackisch Chapter 7. Weimar's Burning Question: Situational Antisemitism and the German Combat Leagues, 1918-1933 Brian E. Crimm Chapter 8. Antisemitism and the Jewish Question in the Political Worldview of the Catholic Right Ulrike Ehret Chapter 9. Eugenics and Protestant Social Thought in the Weimar Republic: Friedrich von Bodelschwingh and the Bethel Institutions Edward Snyder Chapter 10. Carl Schmitt and the Weimar Right Joseph W. Bendersky Notes on Contributors Select Bibliography of New and Standard Works on the History of the German Right, 1918-1933 Index

Mindful Leadership and Navigating the Seas of Change in the Information Age

Owing to innovations in information production and dissemination, the current rate of information creation is exploding exponentially, vaulting humanity into the Information Age. History has shown that revolutions in communication produce social upheaval, a phenomenon currently being experienced, particularly within the realm of leadership. Information overload is causing hyperstress, new forms of anxiety, and both personal and organizational issues relating to task focus and completion. The current article provides the context surrounding the issue of information overload, as well as suggestions for leaders to address the side effects created by a deluge of information.

Redefining the Concept of Leadership : Some New Directions for South Africa

This paper explores certain facets of the crucial subject leadership. It does not pretend to capture all of the salient issues that permeate this important and complex issue. The paper will deal with leadership issues that confront South Africa from the perspectives of certain political and social issues. In addition the paper will discuss leadership issues in general and will situate the subject matter within the realm of leadership in the introduction of the paper. The paper deals with leadership from the perspective of broad societal issues and outlines certain important issues in respect of leadership that is required in South Africa, twenty years down the road to democracy.

Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership: Casting Light or Shadow(4th ed.) by Craig E. Johnson

As the title implies, the fourth edition (Johnson, 2011b) of Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership: Casting Light or Shadow explores the moral/ethical realm of leadership and the leader's ro...

The Content of Their Complexes:

Since his first appearance before the collective psyche at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama has been compared to Martin Luther King, Jr. While the content of their characters may be similar, this article takes up the dissimilar content of their complexes. In The Wounded Researcher, Robert Romanyshyn wrote, “A complex is a kind of wounding, and for the wounded researcher it is both the obstacle and the pathway into the unfinished business in the soul of his or her work.” This article extends Romanyshyn’s theory into the realm of leadership, exploring the marriage of a wounded leader (King and Obama) and a wounded collective (America) with the same complex. That this sympathetic complex may prove an obstacle and provide a pathway into the unfinished work in the soul of both the leader and his or her followers was certainly true with King; will it hold true with Obama?

Generational differences in leader values and leadership behaviors.

As a new generation of workers enters the workforce and the realms of leadership and management, headlines in the business and popular press are encouraging managers to deal with generational differences that appear to be affecting employees, particularly those in the leadership ranks. This article describes generational cohort theory and summarizes research on the impact of generational differences on work processes. It then explores what differences are occurring among managers in different cohorts in terms of attributes they value in leaders and their actual behaviors as leaders (as perceived by self, boss, and subordinates) using data obtained from 2 large databases, including managers across the country spanning 4 generations. Results of the 1st study demonstrate that managers and professionals in different generational cohorts do value different attributes in leaders. Results of the 2nd study find that managers in different generational cohorts also report behaving differently. Although the differen...

The Lappish Herding Leader: A Structural Analysis

S OCIOLOGISTS and social anthropologists usually discuss leadership in small groups as the resultant of either psychological or situational determinants. The leader is a leader either because of certain personality attributes or because he is forced into his position by social needs in response to a given task or situation. In this paper I propose a third, and complementary, approach to the problem of leadership. I will use the concept of social structure to show how certain basic organizational features of Kdnkitim Lapp are manifested in the person of the Lappish herding leader. The K6nkaima Lapps of Karesuando Parish, Sweden are reindeer nomads whose cultural relations, subsistence activities, kinship system and marriage residence patterns I have described elsewhere (Pehrson 1950, 1951, 1954a, 1954b). Turning to leadership among these Lapps, the social anthropologist is faced with a lacking any internal centralized political organization. Instead of a tribal chief, the K6nkaimi Lapps have an elected representative who deals with the Swedish government and whose position is in fact created by that government. Thus, K6nkaimi Lappish political organization derives from sources external to K6nktimii Lappish social structure. It is this latter structure-based on traditional ties of kinship and local group affiliationwhich I designate K6nkima Lapp society and with provides the framework for my discussion of leadership. Two attributes of K kaiimkii Lapp especially recommend its consideration to sociologists as well as to ethnologists working with the problem of leadership. In the first place, narrow range is a basic characteristic of K6nkaimai Lapp social units. In 1952 there were 193 K6nkiimii Lapps distributed among five summer migratory groups-or bands-ranging in size from 19 to 51 persons. These summer groups customarily split up into several winter bands because of reindeer forage conditions and for other reasons. Thus there were ten winter bands containing from 7 to 28 persons in 1952. These small summer and winter bands invite comparison with small groups of the type analyzed by Whyte (1943) and Homans (1950), a comparison which suggests the following problem: What generalizations may be made as to the nature of leadership in small groups? Bilateralism is the second characteristic of Kankiimai Lapp which invites sociological comparison in the realm of leadership. The Lapp may