Bücher von Rose Armstead

Leadership is a critical element in many spheres of human societies. Although scholarshold divergent views on the definition of leadership, most concur on the need for leaders to bringabout positive changes in societies. According to Nohria and Khurana (2010), leadership refersto "a certain quality of an individual personality" that sets a person a part from others (p. 8).From a behaviorist perspective, Northouse (2007) defines leadership as "a process whereby anindividual influences a group of people to achieve a common goal" (p. 3). Scholars (Brinia,2011; Gunbayani, 2005) concur that leadership is a position of influence that allows a person tomotivate, inspire, and to set direction for the purpose of achieving certain goals. Leadershipoperates under three dimensions that include: context, vision, and action (Levitt, 2010).Considering varying definitions of leadership, Bass (1997) and Fiedler (1993) suggest themeaning of leadership be defined and understood within specific situations or contexts.