An integrated spiritual leadership model for the South African public service: a case of selected government departments
Year: 2013
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Current leadership models have been unable to develop leaders who are capable of successfully addressing organisational challenges such as the unethical conduct, poor performance and low morale in the South African public service.Literature suggesting that spiritual leadership may improve organisational performance is emerging.The purpose of this study is to propose and present an Integrated Spiritual Leadership (ISL) model that is relevant to the South African public service and which can address burgeoning organisational challenges.In order to realise this research purpose, the study examined theoretical perspectives pertaining to spirituality, spiritual leadership and workplace spirituality.After leadership theories within the traditional and spiritual paradigms had been discussed and compared, spiritual leadership emerged as a comprehensive leadership theory.The literature on spiritual leadership also examines empirical evidence showing the way in which spiritual leadership may enhance organisational performance.The analysis of spiritual leadership models exposed a gap in the literature and highlighted the dearth of spiritual leadership research in the African and, especially, in the South African context.The development of the ISL model was based on a comparative analysis of the nine published leadership models of the following researchers and which are premised on spiritual leadership principles -Danah Zohar and
Author: Penelope Karen P.K. Law
Language: English
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2764396697