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Spirituality and Ubuntu as the foundation for building African institutions, organizations and leaders

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: It is widely argued that institutions and organizations are the building blocks of modern societies. However, African nations are characterized by an institutional void and ineffective organizations. In fact, even the effectiveness of informal institutions such as customs and traditions is now debatable. Therefore, this paper sets out to provide a novel approach for building effective organizations, leaders and people based on the foundation of spirituality and the African philosophy of Ubuntu. We coupled the concepts of spirituality and Ubuntu and advanced a framework and techniques to guide the development of African organizations and its people. We have provided theoretical and practical rationale for the use of spirituality and Ubuntu to augment the Western-based modern approach to managing organizations and their people.

Source: Journal of Management Spirituality & Religion

DOI: 10.1080/14766086.2016.1159976

Authors: Aminu Mamman, Hamza B. Zakaria

Institutions: University of Manchester, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration

Language: English

Topic: Workplace Spirituality and Leadership

Subfield: Demography

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2368540809

FWCI: 3.746

Cites: 63

Cited by: 27

Related to: 10