Title

Revising the leadership paradigm in sub-Saharan Africa: A study of community-based leadership

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Public Administration Review

Abstract

Much of the discourse on leadership in sub-Saharan Africa emphasizes leader characteristics, skills, styles, and behaviors, while ignoring the relationships, interactions, practical judgments, and unique contexts that make up leadership in everyday cultural community life. This essay argues that the focus on individual leaders hardly reflects leadership as practice in African communities. An alternative, pragmatic view based on unique historicity and cultural community norms is proposed, one that has a chance of fostering social change and institutional transformation. © 2009 The American Society for Public Administration.

First Page

941

Last Page

950

DOI

10.1111/j.1540-6210.2009.02043.x

Publication Date

9-1-2009

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