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Research Articles · Vol. 1 (1) · 2016
Scholars have routinely identified weak and ineffective institutions as the root cause of underdevelopment across Africa. Such findings, which place emphasis on ‘institutional systems’ and ‘state mechanisms’, too often neglect the critical leadership dimensions of development cha…
Research Articles · Vol. 11 (1) · 2026
Welcome to this Special Issue of the Journal of Leadership and Developing Societies. This special issue is titled Transformative Learning, Leadership, and Technology in Education: Experiences from Global South contexts. This compilation forms part of African Leadership Centres Re…
Research Articles · Vol. 7 (1) · 2022
This study focuses on a Kenyan-based airline and investigates how leadership influences the commitment of its pilots. The need for this study emerged from the changes that affected the aviation industry in the past years, including COVID-19, political unrest, fluctuation of oil p…
Research Articles · Vol. 2 (1) · 2017
Leadership is rarely interrogated in the analysis of peacebuilding contexts. The dominant peacebuilding approaches focus on institutional building rather than on the relationship between leaders and the wider society. This paper examines the conceptual and practical connection be…
Research Articles · Vol. 1 (1) · 2016
This article analyses the leadership of Ngugi Wa Thiong’o and Ken Saro Wiwa in the protection of indigenous communities’ land rights in Kenya and Nigeria respectively. It uses a case study and ‘leadership as process’ approach to focus on events and actions by Ngugi and Saro Wiwa,…
Research Articles · Vol. 11 (1) · 2026
In higher education, transformative education has become a crucial paradigm for re-evaluating leadership, instruction, and learning. It places a strong emphasis on social change, technological innovation, inclusive education, and critical thinking. Although this strategy has beco…
Research Articles · Vol. 10 (1) · 2025
Since Russias full-scale invasion in 2022, Ukrainian youth have emerged as central actors in humanitarian and civic initiatives. This study examines how these wartime conditions reshape leadership trajectories among young Ukrainians and identifies factors that sustain or hinder t…
Research Articles · Vol. 8 (1) · 2023
This study re-examines the phenomenon of Stockholm syndrome within the context of Boko Haram, aiming to understand the intricate relationship between radicalization leading to extremism and mutuality building within the group. Conventional interpretations of Stockholm syndrome, w…
Research Articles · Vol. 1 (1) · 2016
This study examines Fidel Castro’s leadership emergence and style in Cuba with reference to the situation, goals sought, leadership process and the outcomes. The emergence of Fidel Castro was underpinned by the qualities he exhibited and significant popular support he enjoyed fr…
Research Articles · Vol. 3 (1) · 2018
The purpose of this research to examine the challenges Arab leaders face in simultaneously adhering to Pan-Arabism and Pan-Africanism and extract conditions in which the two ideologies can be reconciled to produce mutual benefits. This study poses the question: what strategies do…
Research Articles · Vol. 2 (1) · 2017
In the last two decades following the 1994 genocide, Rwanda has been praised internationally for its strong leadership and revamped governance structures. This has resulted in rapid economic development, restorative justice, homegrown peacebuilding approaches, the tackling of cor…
Research Articles · Vol. 1 (1) · 2016
This paper explores the relationship between leadership and natural resource management and the persistence of oil-related conflicts in Nigeria’s Niger Delta. It adopts the process theoretical approach to leadership. The key argument is that the space for conversations between le…
