Leadership for the Electronic Age: Towards a Development-Oriented, Socio-Technical Ontology of Leadership

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dc.citation.doihttps://doi.org/10.23962/10.23962/10539/19272
dc.contributor.authorOchara, Nixon Muganda
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-17T07:00:42Z
dc.date.available2016-01-17T07:00:42Z
dc.date.issued2013-12-15
dc.description.abstractThe idea of an ontology of leadership for the electronic age raises “big questions” from the perspective of leadership as a broad interdisciplinary practice. This article aims to capture the current dilemma in leadership research and practice that Hackman and Wageman (2007) concluded is “curiously unformed”. It aims to add a socio-technical voice, rarely heard in a fiercely behavioural school, even where global advances in ICT have tipped the scales towards reifying a more integrative view of leadership. It does not claim to present an integrated theory of leadership; rather, it seeks to elevate the socio-technical school within leadership theory and shift the discourse on leadership to be more inclusive of socio-technical thinking. The concept of “regional ontology”, derived from Heidegger, to refer to “as lived” practices and experiences of a particular social group (in this case Africa), is extended to discuss a development-oriented ontology of leadership. This enables us to recognise that effective organisational leadership in Africa and other developing countries should be anchored in local values; encourage netrepreneurship, take into account opportunities afforded by mobile computing platforms and high diffusion of mobile applications; focus on ethical leadership engagement to spur e-particpation and e-democracy; and develop national and regional innovation systems to enable Africa and other developing regions to participate in global knowledge flows.en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationOchara, N.M. (2013). Leadership for the electronic age: Towards a development-oriented, socio-technical ontology of leadership. The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC), 13, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.23962/10539/19272
dc.identifier.issnISSN 2077-7213 (online version)
dc.identifier.issnISSN 2077-7205 (print version)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/19272
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.23962/10539/19272
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.orcid.idhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5736-7901
dc.subjectleadership, e-leadership, development-oriented ontology, network society, Africaen_ZA
dc.titleLeadership for the Electronic Age: Towards a Development-Oriented, Socio-Technical Ontology of Leadershipen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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