Recognition and development of hope for South African organizational leaders
Leadership & Organization Development Journal
ISSN: 0143-7739
Article publication date: 1 September 2004
Abstract
The significant challenges faced by South Africa at present are well known. How to deal with the problems from a political and economic perspective abound, but taking a psychological approach has been neglected. This paper proposes a positive approach to South African organizational leadership based on the psychological capacity of hope. After giving a brief background on the context surrounding South African organizations, the theory, research, and application of hope relevant to organizational leadership in the “Rainbow Nation” are presented and analyzed. Such an overlooked positive approach represented by hopeful organizational leaders seems needed at this juncture of South Africa's present and future.
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Citation
Luthans, F., Van Wyk, R. and Walumbwa, F.O. (2004), "Recognition and development of hope for South African organizational leaders", Leadership & Organization Development Journal, Vol. 25 No. 6, pp. 512-527. https://doi.org/10.1108/01437730410556752
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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