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dc.contributor.author | Ochara, Nixon Muganda![]() |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2014-06-04T07:05:56Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-06-04T07:05:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
dc.description.abstract | The idea of an ontology of leadership for the electronic age raises “big questions” from the perspective of leadership as a broad interdisciplinary practice. This article aims to capture the current dilemma in leadership research and practice that Hackman and Wageman (2007) concluded is “curiously unformed”. It aims to add a socio-technical voice, rarely heard in a fiercely behavioural school, even where global advances in ICT have tipped the scales towards reifying a more integrative view of leadership. It does not claim to present an integrated theory of leadership; rather, it seeks to elevate the socio-technical school within leadership theory and shift the discourse on leadership to be more inclusive of socio-technical thinking. The concept of “regional ontology”, derived from Heidegger, to refer to “as lived” practices and experiences of a particular social group (in this case Africa), is extended to discuss a development-oriented ontology of leadership. This enables us to recognise that effective organisational leadership in Africa and other developing countries should be anchored in local values; encourage netrepreneurship, take into account opportunities afforded by mobile computing platforms and high diffusion of mobile applications; focus on ethical leadership engagement to spur e-particpation and e-democracy; and develop national and regional innovation systems to enable Africa and other developing regions to participate in global knowledge flows. | en_US |
dc.description.librarian | am2014 | en_US |
dc.description.uri | http://link.wits.ac.za/journal/journal.html | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Ochara, NM 2013, 'Leadership for the electronic age : towards a development-oriented, socio-technical ontology of leadership : scene setting', African Journal of Information and Communication, vol. 13, pp. 1-12. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1449-2679 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/39964 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Learning Information Networking and Knowledge (LINK) Centre, Graduate School of Public and Development | en_US |
dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial Licence | en_US |
dc.subject | Leadership | en_US |
dc.subject | E-leadership | en_US |
dc.subject | Development-oriented ontology | en_US |
dc.subject | Network society | en_US |
dc.subject | Africa | en_US |
dc.title | Leadership for the electronic age : towards a development-oriented, socio-technical ontology of leadership : scene setting | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.type | Book | en_US |
dc.type | Book chapter | en_US |
dc.type | Collection | en_US |