Self-Leadership and Empowering Leadership in a Western Balkan Context
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In to-day's dynamic business world, a trend is towards more flexible organisations with enhanced autonomy and self-leadership of employees and teams. This study introduces the concepts of self-leadership and empowering leadership in the Western Balkans. The study measures employed professionals' views of self-leadership and experienced empowering leadership. Special attention is given to possible differences in views by gender and by professionals with / without a leadership role. Two instruments are applied, the Revised Self-Leadership Questionnaire and the Empowering Leadership Survey (n=265). Subsequently interviews were conducted with 10 company directors to generate their viewpoints and experiences of self-leadership and empowering leadership. Results show correlations between self-leadership and empowering leadership and show differences between men's and women's reports. The study also notes that better understanding the potential of empowering leadership leading to more self-leadership demands another type of research. A discussion of the study and suggestions for future research conclude the article.Keywords: self-leadership, empowering leadership, self-management, Western Balkans, AlbaniaJEL Classifications: M12, M19, M54DOI: https://doi.org/10.32479/irmm.10893Downloads
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2021-01-18
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Nientied, P., & Toska, M. (2021). Self-Leadership and Empowering Leadership in a Western Balkan Context. International Review of Management and Marketing, 11(1), 36–47. Retrieved from https://econjournals.net.tr/index.php/irmm/article/view/10893
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